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A jumping spider mom nurses her brood for weeks on milk

Even after spiderlings start hunting for themselves, they come to mom for milk

jumping spider with babies

MOM’S GOT MILK  A small jumping spider that looks like an ant will feed her little ones on her own milk, a new study finds.

Z. Chen et al/Science 2018

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Mom nurses her young for weeks on milk that has four times the protein of a cow’s.