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Curious Kids: If a huge huntsman spider is sucked into a vacuum cleaner, can it crawl out later?

  • Written by: Simon Lockrey, Research Fellow, RMIT University
imageThe last thing the spider saw before everything went black.Flickr/Nicola Albertini, CC BY-NC-ND

This is an article from Curious Kids, a new series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!


If a huge huntsman spider is sucked...

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Widespread invasive species control is a risky business

  • Written by: R. Keller Kopf, Research fellow, Charles Sturt University
imagePartula snails were driven to extinction in the wild by introduced predators.Wikimedia Commons

In 1977, on the islands of French Polynesia, government authorities released a predatory snail. They hoped this introduction would effectively control another species of invasive snail, previously introduced to supply escargot.

Instead, by the early...

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Thinking big gives top predators the competitive edge

  • Written by: Thomas Newsome, Fulbright Scholar and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
imageDingoes can help manage devastating red fox and feral cat numbers, but only if we let enough of them live in key areas. Bobby Tamayo, Author provided

Dingoes could be the key to controlling red foxes and other invasive predators, but only if we encourage them in large enough numbers over a wide enough area, our research shows.

Interest in re-introdu...

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How do we choose who gets the flu vaccine in a pandemic – paramedics, prisoners or the public?

  • Written by: Connal Lee, Associate Lecturer, Philosophy, Flinders University
imageWhen resources are scarce, deciding who should be front of the queue for the flu vaccine is an ethical minefield.from www.shutterstock.com

Ideally, everyone who needs to be immunised against influenza has access to the flu vaccine. But in a pandemic, initially there will be more people needing protection than there are doses.

So how do authorities...

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