TWIS #12

This week in science we got the spider in our tank. It was a cellar spider. Then we got flightless fruit flys that are genetically engineered to have really small wings that are not used for flying. Also we made a booklet to keep track of the spiders and we drew on it then wrote the definitions of mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. Timothy and me put 6 more spiders in the tank after our first one died to see if they would fight to the death but they actually stay a little bit apart from each other.

This week in science I learned that the spiders aren't really fighters. Also I learned that the spiders like high places and they even though are in te same tank are somewhat territorial. By that i mean it likes to have some space to its self. If another spider tries to go there it looks like its going to attack it. Then i learned they dont really like water because we dumped some food in the water and not one spider went for it. Something i want to know is how the first spider died and why that spider didn't make webs at all.