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  • New Tarantula Species Has Big, Weird, Floppy Horn

    New Tarantula Species Has Big, Weird, Floppy Horn

    Tarantulas generally stick to a pretty predictable body plan — eight legs, long fangs, usually fuzzy. But a newly-described species of tarantula in the southern African country of Angola has thrown scientists a big curve ball. The tarantula is about as weird as it gets for spiders, sporting a long, pliable, droopy “horn” on its…