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Bumble Bee and Spider

Watched a bit of nature drama unfold. Saw a bumblebee fly into a spider's net. The spider rushed in and immediately wrapped the bee in a cocoon of silky webbing. It wouldn't go in for a killing bite though, in case it got stung. You can see the bee's stinger poking through the bottom of the webbing. The spider seemed content to let the bee exhaust itself as it struggled, and calmly waited. But suddenly the bee ripped its way out of the webbing and flew off totally unharmed and untangled! I didn't know they could do that!

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Uploaded on September 2, 2022
Taken on September 2, 2022