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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
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Category: arachnid
Posted on: October 5, 2007 2:55 PM, by ableiman
Credit where credit is due. We got this cordial heads-up from the Mondo Spider team in the comments section of the Tate Gallery Spider post:
"Big deal. A spider that sits there and does nothing... We built a 1500Lb mechanical spider that we can drive." That they did.
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Wow, that's pretty good. If they could meld that technology with the tech I use at work, it would be . . . well, completely unnecessary but still very very fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a96xihs0_lw
Posted by: Homie Bear | October 5, 2007 5:01 PM
Wasn't that thing in Wild Wild West?
Posted by: Ed Yong | October 5, 2007 6:13 PM
I want this as my own personal vehicle.
Posted by: Mrs Tilton | October 6, 2007 7:01 PM
How about http://www.strandbeest.com? Dutch artist Theo Jansen builds wind-powered, insect-like creatures out of plastic tubes that can walk seemingly naturally by themselves. He calls them 'Beach Beast' or 'Animaris' in Latin...
His latest creation, Animaris Rhinoceros Transport can even carry a driver. When the wind is right, of course. Check out http://www.strandbeest.com/animaris%20rhinoceros%20transport_en.html
Posted by: LonelyFatGuy | October 7, 2007 5:04 PM