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    SOMETHING INSIDE VAMPIRE SPIDER

    Nov 16, 2023 2 minutes

    The popular naturalist, author and TV presenter reveals a secret world of overlooked wildlife

    SPIDER THAT DRINKS HUMAN BLOOD and is attracted to smelly socks might sound like the stuff of an overimaginative arachnophobe’s mind. Still, is very much a real thing. It is called the vampire spider by some, and while it isn’t quite the blood-sucking fiend its name might suggest, the

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