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'Spiders have three life cycles': The real science behind Spider-Man's most unsettling trailer yet
Spiders progress through three stagesegg, spiderling, and adultwithout metamorphosis, growing instead through moulting, a process that leaves them briefly vulnerable. Spiderlings disperse through remarkable methods like ballooning, while adulthood brings reproduction and, often, death for males. This biological cycle, grounded in real science, offers a fitting metaphor for transformation, briefly echoed in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
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