Tarantulas are very strong spiders. They pounce on their prey and hold it still with their legs while their fangs inject poison. The poison paralyzes the prey and a special fluid from the spider's stomach digests the soft parts. The spider then sucks up the insides of its victim's body.
Blue for danger
Blue for danger Scientists have developed a new type of plant
which has properties that allow easy detection of exposure to
dangerous levels of radiation. The plants have been genetically
modified so that when samples of the plant tissue are examined in
the laboratory, they turn blue if the plant has previously been
exposed to dangerous radiation levels. 28 NOVEMBER 1998, P. 22
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