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1. Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Jun-2021 21:01:02 EDT Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
   actually... are there any vegan spiders? :-D
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Jun-2021 21:19:21 EDT lnxw48a1

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      @lxo @clacke As far as I am aware, all spiders eat meat (mostly insects).
      1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Jun-2021 21:49:57 EDT GeniusMusing

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         Vegan is seems not, but...
         
         Relax: Some Spider Species Are Vegetarian The Rainforest Site News
         https://blog.therainforestsite.greatergood.com/cs-vegetarian-spiders/
         1. musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jun-2021 14:56:35 EDT musicman

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            Doesn't sound very vegetarian to me: "While the jumping spider sometimes eats insects or larvae, plants comprise the bulk of its diet."
            
            I think a better headline for the article would be "Some Spider Species Are Omnivores"
      2. Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jun-2021 02:39:07 EDT Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)

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         what point would there be for vegan spiders to excrete silk? if they did, after only eating plants, would that make the silk plant-based?