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FACT SMACK: Spider Edition : Short Wave – NPR
With the help of spider scientist Sebastian Echeverri, Maddie presents the case for why spiders are the best and coolest animal. Spoiler alert: some travel thousands…
A beautiful spider spins a web in a forest outside Moscow. Disclosure: this particular spider was not the inspiration for any smack talk heard in this episode.
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With the help of spider scientist Sebastian Echeverri, Maddie presents the case for why spiders are the best and coolest animal. Spoiler alert: some travel thousands of kilometers by “ballooning,” while others live part time underwater.
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