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How Spiders Catch Dinner
Season 2022
Episode 8
How do spiders go about this delicate dance, what senses do they use to capture their prey? Some spiders are ground dwelling while others build complicated and beautiful webs. Dr. Charles Walcott shares his latest research on orb spiders and how they use these webs to hear their prey.
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