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Social Spiders Benefit from Diversity of Bold and Shy Members

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© Edgar p miller[CC BY-SA 3.0]

In experiments with social spider colonies which consist of bold and shy members, scientists have found that these colonies benefit in their resilience against ants if they have a mixture of types of spiders as compared to consisting of just bold or just shy spiders.

News seen at: Scientific American - 60-second science

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