Jumping Spiders Nurse Offspring Nearly to Adulthood American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Like nursing baby mammals, some jumping spiders spend their earliest days feeding on a nutritious "spider milk," secreted by their mothers. What's more, spider mothers continue to care for and feed their young offspring the milk-like fluid - which contains nearly four times the protein of cow's milk -long after they're able to forage for food on their own.

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Jumping Spiders Produce Milk to Feed Their Young

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Prolonged milk provisioning in a jumping spider

A jumping spider mom nurses her brood for weeks on milk

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Jumping spiders are spiders that are known for their ability to jump in order to hunt or escape danger. They have excellent vision and hearing,

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Prolonged milk provisioning in a jumping spider