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that have eight legs.
Spiders have two
body segments.
The front segment is
called the
Cephalothorax.
The second part of the
body is called the
Abdomen.
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A group of Danish scientists wondered whether global warming would make the hairy,
meat-eating wolf spiders of northeastern Greenland bigger, since longer summers mean
more hunting time.
The spiders can live for at least two years, and the researchers found that, in years
when spring came early, the animals grew larger, on average.
For example, when spring came 30 days earlier than usual, some spiders grew