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The web of Caerostris darwini (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae)
... that
Darwin's bark spider
makes the longest known
spider web
(pictured)
, spanning distances of up to 25 metres (82 ft), using the toughest known
biomaterial
, that is ten times as tough as
Kevlar
?
... that
sponge crabs
of the species
Dromia dormia
carry
sponges
on their back as
camouflage
, and have even used the sole of a shoe for that purpose?
... that the extinct
Protosialis casca
is one of only two known
alderflies
from the
West Indies
?
... that the
fairy shrimp
Branchinecta gaini
is the largest freshwater invertebrate in
Antarctica
?
... that the
pantropical
jumping
spider
Plexippus paykulli
is highly agile, and can cover many times its own body length in a single jump?
... that the
bone skipper
came back from the
dead
after 160 years to feed on rotting
bones
?