The second of seven programmes
Alien Australians
Narrated by Robert Powell
As courters and captors, Australian spiders use a cunning and sophistication we can but envy. It may be only blind instinct that enables the orb-weaver to construct her web in zero-gravity, but it's a feat that demands the superb technology typical of these highly successful Australians.
Photography by Jim FRAZIER
Written and presented by DEREK ANDERSON BBC Bristol
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