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Media Advisory 16-004 - Video

Spend a Day in a Spider's Shoes -- USA Science and Engineering Festival

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Jonathan Pruitt of the University of Pittsburgh shows kids just how hard it is to be a spider due to their poor vision. Explore spiders' behavior, ecology and sensory systems -- those ubiquitous, and one of the most diverse, groups of organisms in the world.

Credit: NSF

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