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Silk: the spider's success story
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/silk-the-spiders-success-story/Spiders use silk for many purposes - to protect their young, catch food, make homes and move around.
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Spiders in West Africa
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spiders-in-west-africa/West Africa is the home of Anansi, a folk hero, who is both spider and man.
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Spider facts
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spider-facts/Find answers to commonly asked questions and discover interesting facts about spiders in Australia, New Zealand and dangerous spiders around the world.
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How to identify a spider from its web
https://australian.museum/inside-out/online-experiments-activities/how-to-identify-spider-from-web/Learn an easy way to identify spider species with Arachnologist Dr Helen Smith.
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Arachnology
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/arachnology/Arachnology is the study of the group of animals called arachnids. Arachnids include spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks and mites.
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Dangerous Australian animals
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/dangerous-animals/Meet some of Australia's most dangerous animals and learn about the different ways they poison and catch their prey. The Australian Museum has an extensive collection of Australia's deadliest animals to find out more about why they are so dangerous to humans.
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Animal factsheets
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/Discover the astonishing variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, marine life and more in the Australian Museum collections.
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Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/Learn more about spiders, their origins, and how they are classified. Discover factsheets from the Arachnology collection, which includes the largest collection of funnel-web spiders in Australia.
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Touring exhibition: Spiders – From Fear to Fascination
https://australian.museum/get-involved/services/touring-exhibits/touring-exhibition-spiders-from-fear-to-fascination/Spiders – From Fear to Fascination exhibition is a face-to-face interactive encounter with over 250 real spider specimens, live exhibits and rigorous contemporary science.
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The features of spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/classroom-activities/spider-anatomy/Use the downloadable spider diagram to label the main features and body parts of a spider and discuss their functions.
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