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A fishing spider in the family Pisauridae and genus Dolomedes with two of its legs missing. Most likely some predator (a bird or given its habitat a large fish or frog) grasped the spider by the missing limbs which were jettisoned by the spider in response. Taken in Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia in April 2007
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A fishing spider in the family ''Pisauridae'' and genus ''Dolomedes'' with two of it's legs missing. This is most likely to have occurred in an encounter with a bird or given it's habitat a frog or large fish. Taken in Swifts Creek, Victoria in April 2007
