False widow spider found devouring native shrew almost twice its size

An episode of the Newstalk Breakfast podcast, hosted by Newstalk, titled "False widow spider found devouring native shrew almost twice its size" was published on February 22, 2023 and runs 3 minutes.

February 22, 2023 ·3m · Newstalk Breakfast

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Scientists in Galway have released footage of a false widow spider killing and eating a pygmy shrew many times its size in England, in what is believed to be the first visual record of such an attack. Wildlife expert, Eanna Ni Lamhna told us more about this false widow attack.

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