Scientists suggest social spiders are more about going with the flow than sticking to a role, after new research challenges the idea of fixed personalities.

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    10 days ago

    dubbed ‘hippie spiders’

    By some journalist 1 day ago. Seriously, I can’t find a single result of the word “hippie” being associated with Stegodyphus spp. that is older then 24h.

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      10 days ago

      Public SLAMS [company] for [decision]

      [3 embedded tweets from random Twitter users]

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      10 days ago

      I think you are right. I just edited the title. Thanks for the input!

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    Had no idea there were social spiders that live in communes! Guess that explains the mass of spiderwebs I’ve seen on bushes