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Spider leg autotomy induced by prey venom injection: An adaptive response to “pain”?

Field observations showed orb-weaving spiders (Argiope spp.) to undergo leg autotomy if they are stung in a leg by venomous insect prey (Phymata fasciata). The response occurs within seconds, before the venom can take lethal action by spread to the body of the spiders. Autotomy is induced also by ho...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Eisner, Thomas, Camazine, Scott
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 1983
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC394047/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16593325/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.80.11.3382
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