<em>Semysmauchenius</em> sp1 (VIDEO)

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Semysmauchenius sp1, ventral view: this species uses power-amplified cheliceral strikes; this video was recorded at 3,000 frames per second (fps), but is playing at 20 fps, so in real life the movements would be 150 times as fast. A team of researchers led by Smithsonian scientist Hannah Wood has discovered that trap-jaw spiders have a surprising ability to strike their prey at lightning speed and with super-spider power, according to new findings reported in the scholarly journal Current Biology.

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Hannah Wood, Smithsonian

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