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A spider with the head of a dog. This creature is alarming and frightening, but it is completely harmless
A spider with a dog’s head caused quite a sensation around the world. People who saw the photo of the mysterious creature immediately began to wonder what this unusual animal was. However, it turns out that it is completely harmless, and what is more — it is not even a spider, but a harvestman.
The natural world will likely never cease to amaze scientists. It is estimated that there are still more than 5 million species in ecosystems around the world that are still waiting to be discovered. Although most of them are found in the depths of the oceans, there are animals on the surface of our planet that have been successfully hiding for thousands of years. The search for lost species is also made more difficult by the fact that many of them are really small in size.
Our planet is still full of mysteries
Last year, scientists succeeded in discovering a completely new species of non-slug. Researchers observed that it can survive a trip through the intestines of a snail — and still use it. In Ecuador, on the other hand, biologists recently identified a new species of boa constrictor snake. It turned out that unlike its relatives, Tropidophis cacuangoae is relatively harmless. That’s because it is…
