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| See No Evil While moving a cement building block in the garden today, I was thrilled to find this chap! "These strange animals with their very long front legs are known as whip-spiders or whip-scorpions. With animals like the romans, scorpions and ticks they belong to the class Arachnida, a group of animals all with eight legs. However, they are not true spiders as they do not produce any silk or venom. Scientifically they are placed in the order Amblypygi and they form a distinct group on their own. Their common name refers to the whiplike movements of their first pair of legs." You can read more about them at: |
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Friday, 23 December 2011
December 23, 2011
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Fearsome - and you were 'thrilled' to find him Maggie! ;)
ReplyDeleteFearsome - and you were 'thrilled' to find him Maggie! ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fascinating creature Maggie. Thank you for all the info. So often I learn something I did not know from you as well as enjoying your pics. I will only be commenting again next year (but I will catch up). In the meantime ..... a blessed Christmas and a wonderful year ahead. I am looking forward to doing my blog next year.
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