Sex, Death and Spiders

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Sex, Death and Spiders

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Warning: This episode contains the unusual mating habits of spiders. Autumn is the time for spiders, and the colder months mean our eight-legged friends are searching for something vital: sex. Join arachnologist Anna Maka and author and broadcaster Lucy Cooke to uncover the fascinating and freaky sex lives of spiders and what it teaches us about evolution itself.
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Production
Presenter: Rosie Holdsworth
Producer and sound designer: Marnie Woodmeade

Contributors:
Lucy Cooke
Anna Maka

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You can find Lucy’s book Bitch: On the female of the species here.
You can find out more about Anna’s work with rare diamond back spiders here.
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