The spider was successfully removed by doctors at a hospital in Taiwan. An image shows the spider (front) and its molted exoskeleton (back) inside the woman's ear. Liyin Weng and Tengchin Wang ...

Source Reference: Weng L, Wang T "A spider and its exoskeleton in the ear canal" N Engl J Med 2023; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2307942. Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window.

Necrobotics: How scientists are using dead spiders as corpse claw machines. Cassidy Ward. ... This could be due to dehydration of the exoskeleton that causes the joints to become more brittle.

The spider and exoskeleton were removed from the woman's ear using suction, after which her symptoms immediately stopped. The case report is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Spiders have two clusters of neurons called ganglia: one above the esophagus, one below it. This brain’s critical input comes from thousands of sensors along the spider’s exoskeleton called ...

Mating can be a real battle in the animal world, but peacock spiders leave their helmets behind—literally. This arachnid exoskeleton came from an adult male Maratus velutinus, who shed his skin ...

If you think dead spider robots are something straight out of a horror movie (or your worst nightmares), I have some news for you.. Mechanical engineers from Rice University have actually turned ...