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This spider literally flips for its food

For one tiny Australian spider, somersaulting is the secret to taking on ants twice its size.

Ants armed with powerful jaws and sometimes chemical weapons are so dangerous to spiders that fewer than 1 percent of arachnids attempt to hunt the insects. High-speed footage reveals that the Australian ant-slayer spider can tackle this dangerous prey by leaping over and lassoing its victims with silk.