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    New face-sized tarantula discovered in trees in Sri Lanka

    The Christian Science Monitor
    April 5, 2013 12:57PM ET
    The Christian Science Monitor

    The Christian Science Monitor


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    Wired reports on what may be a new species of tarantula in Northern Sri Lanka, and it's unlikely to be appearing on the island nation's tourism materials any time soon. Writer Nadia Drake describes the tree-dwelling Poecilotheria rajaei  as "about the size of your face" – the human face apparently…


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