The Desert Speaks

Backyard Spiders

Did you know engineers study spider webs to learn what makes them so strong? They’ve been compared to steel cables!See how spiders make their webs, and how webs are used as a sort of “spider interstate.” The show looks at the many different kinds of spiders, including rare “social spiders,” which stay together in nests, and hunt communally for the good of the colony.

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