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Spiders - Aggression And Mating

Shows that spiders are not insects but arachnids, members of a much older class of animals, that all spiders spin silk, but not all spin webs and that a female spider must suspend her normally aggressive behavior in order to mate. Shows several kinds of webs which spiders use to trap prey and describes various techniques used to kill prey., With guide

Spiders are carnivorous predators which display complex behavior. The film demonstrates aggressive behavior of spiders; how they trap prey; how they use webs; how they court & mate

Copyright

Registered 4Feb75 · MP26561 (Jan-Jun 1975) Copyright holder: National Geographic Society Production company: Oxford Scientific Films, Ltd

Complete catalog record
Shows that spiders are not insects but arachnids, members of a much older class of animals, that all spiders spin silk, but not all spin webs and that a female spider must suspend her normally aggressive behavior in order to mate. Shows several kinds of webs which spiders use to trap prey and describes various techniques used to kill prey., With guide

Spiders are carnivorous predators which display complex behavior. The film demonstrates aggressive behavior of spiders; how they trap prey; how they use webs; how they court & mateNOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

More in Bio-Science Series

  1. Protists: Threshold of Life 1974
  2. Secret Life Of A Trout River 1974
  3. Spiders - Aggression And Mating 1974
  4. Plankton 1976
  5. Pond - Life Food Web 1976

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, genre, description, catalog record, video
  2. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright

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