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Judi Lynn

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Sat May 18, 2019, 08:11 AM May 2019

Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week

Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week
By Livescience.com, staff | May 17, 2019 11:20pm ET

Each week we find the most interesting and informative articles we can and along the way we uncover amazing and cool images. Here you'll discover incredible photos and the stories behind them.

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Does the idea of a spider using its web to catapult itself at high speeds give you the willies? Then be forewarned: the triangle weaver spider (Hyptiotes cavatus) does just that.

More images and articles:
https://www.livescience.com/50717-amazing-images.html

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