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Article: The Guinness Book of Amazing Nature: Part 3 Animal Kingdom - Cannibalism; Cannibalism not only provides a good meal... it also reduces the number of potential rivals.(Features)
- Article from:
- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 15, 1998
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EXAMPLES of cannibalism in the animal world are not hard to nd. Alligators in Florida must reach a length of at least two metres before they are safe from the appetites of larger alligators, and wide-mouth frogs have been known to choke while eating larger members of their own species.
The Black Widow spider One of the most notorious cannibals of the animal kingdom is the female Black Widow spider. This small venomous spider, found in the Americas, Africa, Southern Europe and South- West Asia, has a body no bigger than a grape. The female has earned her name from ...