Science Alert
Jumping spiders are already among the most adorable members of the arachnid order, but we’re ready to give them the prize, officially. A species of ant-mimicking jumping spider has just been found suckling its babies on milk. You know what else does that? Kitties. Doggos. Mousies. But Toxeus magnus is much more diligent than mouse mamas. She will continue to nurse her babies until long after they can forage for themselves – and for twice as long as rats and mice.
This is a high standard of infant care that had been thought exclusive to mammals.
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