A midair cartwheel, the judicious use of sticky silk and a quick rappel down a tree – all in the blink of an eye.
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The acrobatic behaviour of the Australian antslayer spider, Euryopis umbilicata, as it hunts and eats banded sugar ants has been documented for the first time, and researchers have identified how it captures prey twice its size.

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