Lactation-like feeding is known elsewhere in the animal kingdom—pigeons and flamingos produce something called “crop milk” from a gland in their neck. However, the intensity and duration of maternal care observed in the spider species is considered highly unusual.
在動物王國的其他地方也有很多類似泌乳喂養(yǎng)的行為——鴿子和火烈鳥就從它們脖子上的腺體中分泌一種叫做“鴿乳”的東西。然而，人們認(rèn)為沐扳，在蜘蛛這一物種身上觀察到的母蛛親代撫育行為的密集程度和持續(xù)時間是極不尋常的。
