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Vegetarian Spider Discovered: Bagheera Kiplingi Eats Mostly Plant Buds From Acacia Plants


First Posted: 10-12-09 04:43 PM   |   Updated: 10-12-09 05:43 PM

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A tropical jumping spider that eats mostly plant buds has been identified, a new study says--making it the only known vegetarian out of some 40,000 spider species.

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A tropical jumping spider that eats mostly plant buds has been identified, a new study says--making it the only known vegetarian out of some 40,000 spider species.
A tropical jumping spider that eats mostly plant buds has been identified, a new study says--making it the only known vegetarian out of some 40,000 spider species.
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- rkimball I'm a Fan of rkimball 5 fans permalink

who says spiders can't be pc?

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:19 AM on 10/16/2009
- SweetJudith I'm a Fan of SweetJudith 77 fans permalink
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This is amazing.. Lets hope humans follow this spiders lead......
Go Vegan, save animals, save Mother Earth.....

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:58 AM on 10/15/2009
- truthartbeauty I'm a Fan of truthartbeauty 85 fans permalink

even a spider can be enlightened

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:52 PM on 10/13/2009
- deepintheheartoftejas I'm a Fan of deepintheheartoftejas 14 fans permalink
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But 39,999 out of 40k spider species prefer meat. That beats 4 out of 5 doctors in my book.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:37 PM on 10/15/2009
- oldGunny I'm a Fan of oldGunny 3 fans permalink
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It's still creepy.

Arachnophobia.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:24 PM on 10/13/2009
- princessk I'm a Fan of princessk 2 fans permalink

"the spider does occasionally snack on ant larvae, the bulk of their diet is plants"

Does that qualify as an Ovo Vegetarian?

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:17 PM on 10/12/2009
- deepintheheartoftejas I'm a Fan of deepintheheartoftejas 14 fans permalink
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I believe the proper term is "flexitarian spider".

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:35 PM on 10/15/2009
- soundping I'm a Fan of soundping 13 fans permalink
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Good spider.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:03 PM on 10/12/2009
- oceanofconsciousness I'm a Fan of oceanofconsciousness 112 fans permalink
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Ant larvae is their "caviar."

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:02 PM on 10/12/2009

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