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Yes it
is sort of curious the way these things work: A honeyeater feeding insects and
spiders to a baby fruit eater that is a member of the cuckoo group, that usually
eats caterpillars, that most birds don't like.. Maybe we wouldn't believe it is
it wasn't known.
Philip
Next, I need to tell you that that particular small
spider was not actually going about normal spider business when it came to
attention. It was part of a package delivered to a koel nestling at
the Griffith site monitored by Laura Johnson and Virginia Abernathy. The
package also included a green caterpillar, the 2 arthropods no doubt forming a
pleasing combination if you like that sort of thing. I have resisted the
temptation to make textual additions representing murmurs of
appreciation.
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