Jumping Spiders that Love Smelly Socks Could Help Fight Malaria, University of Canterbury Study Reveals

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in New Zealand have found that a type of jumping spider prefers the odor of smelly socks to clean ones. The spider is the only predator known to feed indirectly on vertebrate blood by eating the mosquitoes that have fed on the vertebrates, including humans.

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