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Underwater spiders use webs as 'gills'

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Diving-bell webs act as oxygen exchangers, not just aqualungs.

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  1. Seymour, R. S. and Hetz, S. K. J. Exp. Biol. 214, 2175-2181 (2011).

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Kaplan, M. Underwater spiders use webs as 'gills'. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.357

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