New Goblin Spider Resembles 'Predator' Alien
“Almost nothing is known about its biology, and they are difficult to keep in captivity.”
by Andrew Whalen
Sep 28, 2018
3 minutes
In the 1987 movie Predator, an alien stalks a team of Special Forces commandos, led by “Dutch” (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who cuts vines and sharpens sticks to build traps and take down the titular creature.
Some of Dutch’s techniques were recently adopted by a group of scientists, who happen to be fans of the film. They were in pursuit of a real-life predator, a new genus of goblin spider, which, like Dutch’s band of extraterrestrial hunting
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