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When Red Pandas Roamed North America

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Webs vs wings: The arms race of the air

Season 7 Episode 17

Spiders and their ancestors have been driving an arms race that began before either stepped foot onto land and resulted in the first powered flight on Earth. But how did this competition of webs versus wings drive such a massive evolutionary adaptation into an entirely new realm?

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