The World Science Festival kicked off in Brisbane Wednesday with a uniquely Australian touch. Sitting centre stage at the opening was “Brian,” a young male spider from a newly discovered species, the dolomedes briangreenei.
The species was named in honour of renowned string theorist and World Science Festival cofounder, Professor Brian Greene.
The dolomedes briangreenei is endemic to fresh water streams around Brisbane and uses vibrations — or waves — on the surface of the water to hunt its prey.
“These spiders sit there on the water and then all of a sudden an insect will hit the water and the spider races out to get it, grabs it, dives under the water and then swims back to the shore and starts eating it,” Robert Raven, Principal Scientist of Arachnology at the Queensland Museum, told Mashable Australia. Read more…
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