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has first counted the number of its own legs and those of the ants, and
            then compared the two. Seeing the difference, it understood that it would
            have to get rid of them, and in a most conscious manner it made its own

            extra legs resemble antennae.
                 There are several points to be borne in mind here. First of all, the
            spider is physically a completely different creature from the ant. For the



                  Of  the three insects in
                the picture, only the two
                to the sides are ants, the
                 middle one is a jumping
                  spider. The difference
                   between spiders and
                ants is that spiders have
                   an extra pair of legs.
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