Title: 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Found in Amber
Author: Megan Gannon
URL: http://news.discovery.com/animals/spider-attack-amber-121009.html
Article Published: Monday October 8, 2012
Did you know that researchers have found a 100 million year old spider that was trapped in a lump of amber with a wasp! You could even see 15 intact strands of web! The scientists think that the spider was just enjoying a meal of the tiny parasitic wasp but instead of happily eating the wasp, the tree that the web was in had other ideas... Just than a drop of amber fell onto the spider and the wasp! Poinar and Ron Buckley, an amber collector from Kentucky, described this find in the paper. I quote, "There is no previous fossil record of a spider attacking its ensnared prey." This is also said by Poinar and Ron Buckley. The amber chunk also apparently held a male spider which is assumed to show evidence of of social behavior according to Megan Gannon. Both the spider and wasp species are extinct today.The type of wasp (Cascoscelio incassus) belongs to a group that today is known to parasitize spider eggs, Poinor says, "The attack on the wasp by the bristly orb-weaver spider, might then be considered revenge."
I really like this article because I think it is very interesting, especially at the end when they say that it might be considered as revenge! This is funny to think because sometimes whenever we get mad at someone we prepare revenge! I also really like this article because of how well they described the fossil. This relates to science because animals are science! Once again I really liked this article and I would recommend it to anyone!
Author: Megan Gannon
URL: http://news.discovery.com/animals/spider-attack-amber-121009.html
Article Published: Monday October 8, 2012
Did you know that researchers have found a 100 million year old spider that was trapped in a lump of amber with a wasp! You could even see 15 intact strands of web! The scientists think that the spider was just enjoying a meal of the tiny parasitic wasp but instead of happily eating the wasp, the tree that the web was in had other ideas... Just than a drop of amber fell onto the spider and the wasp! Poinar and Ron Buckley, an amber collector from Kentucky, described this find in the paper. I quote, "There is no previous fossil record of a spider attacking its ensnared prey." This is also said by Poinar and Ron Buckley. The amber chunk also apparently held a male spider which is assumed to show evidence of of social behavior according to Megan Gannon. Both the spider and wasp species are extinct today.The type of wasp (Cascoscelio incassus) belongs to a group that today is known to parasitize spider eggs, Poinor says, "The attack on the wasp by the bristly orb-weaver spider, might then be considered revenge."
I really like this article because I think it is very interesting, especially at the end when they say that it might be considered as revenge! This is funny to think because sometimes whenever we get mad at someone we prepare revenge! I also really like this article because of how well they described the fossil. This relates to science because animals are science! Once again I really liked this article and I would recommend it to anyone!
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