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100-million-year-old fossilized spider attack found


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A picture of an over 100 million-year-old fossil, discovered by experts at Oregon State University, that shows an attack between a spider and a wasp. / CBS Seattle/Oregon State University

 

Like an old photograph, a 100-million-year-old fossil has captured something extraordinary from time: A battle involving a spider attacking its prey.

 

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According to George Poinar, Jr., OSU zoology professor emeritus, the spider had the wasp under its grasp and was about to make it food.

 

However, Poinar said: "The wasp was watching the spider just as it was about to be attacked, when tree resin flowed over and captured both of them."

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