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False widow spider found devouring native shrew almost twice its size

Scientists in Galway have released footage of a false widow spider killing and eating a pygmy shrew many times its size in England, in what is believed to be the first visual record of such an attack. Wildlife expert, Eanna Ni Lamhna told us more about this false widow attack.

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08.45 22 Feb 2023


False widow spider found devouring native shrew almost twice its size


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08.45 22 Feb 2023


Scientists in Galway have released footage of a false widow spider killing and eating a pygmy shrew many times its size in England, in what is believed to be the first visual record of such an attack.

Wildlife expert, Eanna Ni Lamhna told us more about this false widow attack.


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