Fabre wanted to see if spiders differentiate between each other's webs. He took two spiders of the same specie and put each of them on the other's web. The spiders just went to the center of the web and waited for their meal as usual. Fabre then tried the same thing again, this time putting two spiders that looked very different from each other on the other ones web. The spiders acted normally again, going to the center of the web and waiting for a meal. He then tried putting two spiders that made webs that looked different and put them on the others web, then waited to see what would happen. Even this time the spiders just acted normally and went to the center of the web.
After going out every day on long walks to find spiders Fabre decided to bring some home and put them all on one bush, so he went out and collected them and brought them home. A few days later when most of them had webs, he took one spider and put it with another spider on a web. The spider who owned the web tried to fight off the newcomer, but was overcome. The triumphant victor then swathed his prey and ate him. Disgusting!
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