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Spiders SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Animal groups
p.22

Spiders are animals with two body segments and eight ▸ ▸ Animal homes p.23
legs. They are predators, hunting other small animals to ▸ ▸ Food chains p.107
eat. They do not chew their food, but turn it into liquid ▸ ▸ Insects p.134

before sucking it up. ▸ ▸ Invertebrates
p.139

▸ ▸ Sight p.226

Tarantula
Some of the world’s
largest spiders are
tarantulas. As they get
bigger, their old skin
comes off and they
grow a new one.

Tarantulas
bite with their
venomous fangs,
but their bite is less Leg hairs help
harmful to humans tarantulas feel the
than a bee’s sting. vibrations of other
animals nearby.
Spiders can
grow back their
The row of eyes legs if they
help the jumping break off. Spider webs
spider see all Many spiders build webs,
around it. using silk that they make in
their bodies. Some spiders
use their web to trap and
store the insects they eat.

The body
is designed
for speed.

Jumping spider Huntsman spider
Jumping spiders can jump 30 times These spiders don’t build webs, but
their body size. They use their good hunt and forage for insects. Females
eyesight to spot other animals. can go for three weeks without eating.

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