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聪明的蜘蛛 - 英语听力

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[00:00.73]With the help of small pieces of leaf, d...
[00:00.73]With the help of small pieces of leaf, dead insects and other debris, a spider in the Amazon rainforest has created a detailed replica of a spider larger than itself.
[00:16.93]The crafty spider is thought to be a new member of the genus Cyclosa, a family of spiders which has created decoys before using spare egg sacs.
[00:26.83]But this new spider's sculpture is the first to have leg-like appendages.
[00:31.18]Phil Torres, a biologist from the Rainforest Expeditions, thinks they might have discovered a completely new species.
[00:38.32]When you first see it, it just looks like a spider hanging in a web.
[00:41.43]It's about inch and an half long.
[00:43.59]As you approach, it kind of looks like a dead spider as well but as you approach it starts to move back and forth.
[00:47.59]There's a little spider hanging on the back of it so you'll see little pieces of leaf, little pieces of twig.
[00:52.92]There's even a dead insect in there.
[00:54.85]There must be very heavy predatory influence that it would evolve to have such an intriguing defence.
[01:01.20]Mr Torres will be returning to the Amazon rainforest in January next year to investigate further as this masterful spider is yet to be recognised as a new species.
[01:12.14]Mr Torres' discovery will be registered, verified and his findings published if this spider proves to be biologically different from the known species of Cyclosa.
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