#capeyork — Public Fediverse posts
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Twelve wallaby incisors from a Cape York rockshelter carry tiny grass tree resin balls on their roots. Not tools. Probably a necklace, 1,200 years old, and the first of its kind ever found outside a burial in northeast Australia. #Archaeology #CapeYork #MaterialCulture https://www.anthropology.net/p/twelve-wallaby-teeth-with-resin-balls
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.
When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.
#ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.
When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.
#ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator