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A Northern Alligator Lizard about to eat a Black Widow spider.

A Northern Alligator Lizard is about to eat a Black Widow Spider during a chemical ecology research study on the lizards' tolerance to Black Widow venom upon consumption of the spiders.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Copyright: © Martin Szillat