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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: details of the tragedy.
I myself place on the lime-snare a victim of my selecting. Its six
legs are caught without more ado. If the insect raises one of its
tarsi and pulls towards itself, the treacherous thread follows,
unwinds slightly and, without letting go or breaking, yields to the
captive's desperate jerks. Any limb released only tangles the
others still more and is speedily recaptured by the sticky matter.
There is no means of escape, except by smashing the trap with a
sudden effort whereof even powerful insects are not always capable.
Warned by the shaking of the net, the Epeira hastens up; she turns
round about the quarry; she inspects it at a distance, so as to
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