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Some ants live by stealing food from spider webs, walking along the non-sticky strands to grab the food. Scientists recently discovered that this spider has a special way to prevent that. What is it?

Answer:

Golden Orb Weavers can spin silk which has an alkaloid that is extremely repulsive to ants. This protects the spider from having its food stolen, and also from attacks by the ants. So far as we know, they are the only spiders that can do this.
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