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Ages: 8 - 18
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The Golden Wheel Spider (Carparachne aureoflava) is truly a unique and amazing creature of the beautiful Namib Desert. It builds burrows that extend 40-50cm deep into the sand dunes. The burrow generally gives it sufficient shelter from its predators... and especially its archenemy: Pompilid wasps. However, sometimes their burrow collapses and they have to run or "cartwheel" away from danger. (1:43)
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March 3, 2011 at 10:34 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 7 - 12
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Jumping Spider
From nationalgeographic.com, produced by National Geographic Kids
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The footage in this amazing video shows how a jumping spider is able to capture prey without the use of a spider web. Run time 01:26.
October 14, 2009 at 07:57 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 6 - 11
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Did you know that it is instinctual for a spider to build a web? A spider does not have to learn how to spin from its mother. Watch in this video as a spider spins a web and catches its prey. Does the spider start at the middle of the future web an...d work out, or start at the edge and work in? This is one of 89 videos featured in some interactive educational science software entitled Backyard Bugs. Available at http://www.totallybuggin.com/ (01:46)
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November 7, 2008 at 11:09 AM
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Ages: 6 - 18
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Daddy Longlegs
From kids.nationalgeographic.com, produced by National Geographic Kids
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Take a look at this aphid-eating daddy longleg and an attack from the tiger beetle. Run time 02:50.
April 25, 2010 at 01:24 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: unspecified
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The Namib Desert is home to the Golden Wheel Spider with one very uniqueway of escape. He digs under the desert sand to prevent wasps from attacking. This spider also "carthwheels" away at an amazingly fast speed as shown in this 1:43 long video. Stu...dents will like this video and the lesson on adaption has begun.
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May 10, 2011 at 08:58 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 6 - 12
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This Bill Nye tune sung to the parody of the Foo Fighters' gives general information about spiders. This would be a great resource to use in conjunction with non-fiction texts about spiders. (1:23)
July 6, 2012 at 05:03 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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William Eberhard, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Costa Rica, and colleague Daniel Briceno film spiders in the lab, in the field and under a dissecting microscope to untangle this longstanding arachnological myste...ry. The secret to not getting stuck? Oily, hairy legs and delicate movements.(2:58)
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June 4, 2012 at 02:17 PM
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Ages: 6 - 10
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What do you do when a 50-foot praying mantis menaces your town? Run like the wind... unless you're in Ms. Frizzle's class and she's taken you on a field trip inside a 1950s sci-fi film. The movie's main character, the power-mad General Araneus (Ed As...ner) is determined to destroy the mantis, but Phoebe wants to trap it and save it! Shrinking to the size of real spiders, the kids discover how spiders construct a variety of silky snares, making them world-champion trappers. Can the kids save the mantis - and stop Araneus before it's too late? (22:00)
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September 1, 2012 at 11:07 PM
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Ages: 5 - 18
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This puppet in Saluki, the puppet, introduces some basic facts about harvestmen, with some neat video of a group of harvestmen breaking up. These arachnids are called either Opiliones, Harvestmen, or Daddy Long Legs. From http://TorridonKennel.com/ T...his video won a $500 WatchKnow "pre-contest" prize in 2008, when we were originally designing WatchKnow! (CAUTION: This video contains the mention of a male body part.) Run time 03:31
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November 7, 2008 at 11:35 AM
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Ages: 3 - 18
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This video shows many different species of spiders, and how theysurvive. There are more than 34,000 species of spiders, and they roam everycontinent except Antarctica. Spiders are one of the most fascinating invertebratesin the world. This clip discu...sses how they catch their prey and the different kindsof silk that they produce. It also makes the point, that without spiders theworld's insect population would be unbearable.
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November 24, 2010 at 12:58 PM
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