Spider Woman

Audience, Sentimental Postmodernism, and Kiss of the Spider Woman

In her article "Audience, Sentimental Postmodernism, and Kiss of the Spider Woman" Kimberly Chabot Davis analyzes the three media forms of Kiss of the Spider Woman -novel, film, and musical -and their reception by gay, bisexual, and heterosexual fans: Davis reads Kiss as a key example of a hybrid contemporary genre she designates as "sentimental postmodernism." Chabot Davis positions the text's...

Cutaneous necrosis following brown recluse spider bite

Spider-Like Coronary Anatomy; the True Spider!

A 55 year-old man was admitted to the hospital with typical chest pain; the ECG and cardiac biomarkers were normal. He had a history of hypertension and coronary angiography (CAG) a year ago due to unstable angina pectoris and a drugeluting stent was implanted at the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. CAG was performed at admission due to persistent chest pain and a single right co...

Spider Silk

Some things about spider silk are difficult to understand.The genetic code for one of the more perplexing types of silk—the strands spiders use to weave their egg cases. Each case must be tough enough to keep out parasites, impermeable to rain and fungus, and breathable while insulating eggs from temperature extremes. These qualities alone would make an impressive fabric.The egg cases may even ...

Spider monkeys

E. culicivora juveniles adopt Anopheles-specific prey-capture behaviour that takes advantage of how Anopheles, unlike other mosquitoes, rests with its abdomen tilted up. The tiny E. culicivora juvenile sees well enough to discern the mosquito’s posture and then plots a path to the mosquito that takes it in from behind. Once beneath the mosquito’s upward-tilted abdomen, the juvenile grabs hold f...