I lived in Palau for 4 years where hiking into the jungle was a regular part of the job. Never saw a spider web once. I was told, the brown tree snakes ate the birds who eat the spiders, our bird numbers are down but our spider numbers are up...
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The field course was awesome bc it took place on Guam, Saipan and Tinian, so us students got to see differences between forests on all three islands! Bird-inhabited vs uninhabited.
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Also living in Palau and hiking as part of the job sounds AMAZING
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Saina ma'åse for sharing that article. I hadn't seen that one. UP TO 40X AS MANY SPIDERS & 50% LARGER THAN OTHER ISLANDS because brown tree snakes hitched a ride here via the military in the '50s!!!



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