Photo 23 Oct 47 notes Researchers have found trapped in amber a rare dinosaur-age scene of a spider attacking a wasp caught in its web. The piece of amber, which contains 15 intact strands of spider silk, provides the first fossil evidence of such an assault, the researchers said. It was excavated in a Burmese mine and dates back to the Early Cretaceous, between 97 and 110 million years ago. (via 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Found in Amber | LiveScience)

Researchers have found trapped in amber a rare dinosaur-age scene of a spider attacking a wasp caught in its web. The piece of amber, which contains 15 intact strands of spider silk, provides the first fossil evidence of such an assault, the researchers said. It was excavated in a Burmese mine and dates back to the Early Cretaceous, between 97 and 110 million years ago.

(via 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Found in Amber | LiveScience)

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