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iSpecies
darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rpage/ispecies/

This site provides as much information as any good Internet encyclopedia, yet it doesn’t contain a single Web page. Instead of housing static pages about different species, it compiles a profile of your selected organism by linking to molecular, taxonomic, and other sites. Enter “aardvark,” for example, and the engine tracks down images of the mammal, protein and DNA sequences, a list of abstracts from recent papers, and a classification synopsis from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Spider Myths
www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/

Is the "daddy longlegs" a spider that has the world's most powerful venom, but the smallest "famgs" so it can't hurt you?

Do you really swallow an average of four small spiders in your sleep each year?

Many unbelievable stories I've heard about spiders are disproven on this website by Rod Crawford, Curator of Arachnids, Burke Museum.

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