Even if water does get in, some trapdoor spiders can seal their bodies and essentially hold their breath. They don’t swim in their flooded burrows, but they can wait out a flood without drowning.

Some spiders can close these and become watertight, to hold their breath for a long time. Some trapdoor spiders have been recorded only taking a breath every six minutes. Do not burst their bubble ...

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Australia is also home to other massive spiders, like a mega spider found in 2021.Much like this new species of trapdoor spider, scientists were intrigued to discover that such a spider existed.

New York City kids are performing deadly Spider-Man like stunts and acrobatics on top of subway trains, but the MTA so far has no answers on how to stop daredevils from getting up there.

The Trap Door focused on the small adventures of Berk, a blue creature who lives in a haunted castle, with his friends Drutt – a spider-like creature – a Boni.

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This is the moment a pet trapdoor spider seems to be having trouble catching a cockroach in Virginia Beach, Virginia on March 7. Its owner has to hold the cockroach in front of its nest.