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Dance or die! A male spider must impress a female with his moves, or be eaten

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Dancing is hardly a frivolous pastime for male peacock spiders, who must impress females with their brilliant colours and courtship moves, or be eaten if the lady is less than dazzled. This excerpt from the BBC’s ‘Life Story’ series chronicles one eager peacock spider’s (quite literal) dance with death.

24 November 2015
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