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Peacock Spider

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Video of the Week #8, September 14, 2011 From: Boys on the Dance Floor - Caught on Film by Carin Bondar at PsiVid. Source of the original: Peacockspiderman on YouTube. This short film is the first to capture the unique mating rituals of the Peacock Spider in southeastern Australia. Dr. Jurgen Otto combines both still [...]