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Description A fishing spider in the family Pisauridae and genus Dolomedes with two of its legs missing. Most likely some predator (a bird or given its habitat a large fish or frog) grasped the spider by the missing limbs which were jettisoned by the spider in response. Taken in Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia in April 2007
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Canon 20D + Sigma 150mm f/2.8
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Camera location37° 15′ 47.31″ S, 147° 43′ 17.72″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current07:24, 25 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 07:24, 25 November 20071,600 × 1,067 (526 KB)Fir0002A fishing spider in the family ''Pisauridae'' and genus ''Dolomedes'' with two of it's legs missing. This is most likely to have occurred in an encounter with a bird or given it's habitat a frog or large fish. Taken in Swifts Creek, Victoria in April 2007

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