{"id":2025,"date":"2014-06-18T18:10:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T23:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2014-06-25T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T19:38:16","slug":"fish-eating-spiders-found-all-over-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/fish-eating-spiders-found-all-over-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish-eating spiders found all over the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2013\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1024px-Dolomedesscriptus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2013\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2013\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1024px-Dolomedesscriptus.jpg\" alt=\"The striped fishing spider (Dolomedes scriptus) is found across North America and is known to catch and eat small fish. (Photo credit: Er1kksen, via Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1024px-Dolomedesscriptus.jpg 400w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1024px-Dolomedesscriptus-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The striped fishing spider (Dolomedes scriptus) is found across North America and is known to catch and eat small fish. (Photo credit: Er1kksen, via <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dolomedes_scriptus#mediaviewer\/File:Dolomedesscriptus.JPG\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">It\u2019s known that some spiders can catch and eat small fish, but a new survey of worldwide sightings shows the phenomenon is more widespread than previously thought. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The survey found that spiders from up to five different families prey on fish, and that fish-eating spiders exist on every continent except Antarctica. One species, the striped fishing spider (<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; color: #222222;\">Dolomedes scritpus<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">) is widely distributed across eastern North America, including in Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0099459\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in the journal\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PLOS ONE<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>June 18, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Martin Nyffeler, University of Basel, Switzerland<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s known that some spiders can catch and eat small fish, but a new survey of worldwide sightings shows the phenomenon is more widespread than previously thought. The survey found that spiders from up to five different families prey on fish, and that fish-eating spiders exist on every continent except Antarctica. 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