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The Enchanting Courtship Dance of the Peacock Spider

April 25, 2011 | Loraine

Stay with it to see the dancing. Trust me, it’s worth it.

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Kat says:

June 9, 2011 at 1:39 PM

This was impressive, I totally forgot they were even spiders..

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