Creepy flying spiders are friends, put down the flamethrower
It's creepy looking, it looks like it flies, it's here on the East Coast, and it's generally considered a big bag of nope. But before you arm the nuclear football, we wanted to find out the truth about this spider, so we called Dr. Christopher Tipping from Delaware Valley University.
The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
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Show Notes
There's been a lot of talk about the Joro spider. It's creepy looking, it looks like it flies, it's here on the East Coast, and it's generally considered a big bag of nope. But before you arm the nuclear football, we wanted to find out the truth about this spider. Is it dangerous? Invasive? Will we even see it here in the Philadelphia area? Dr. Christopher Tipping, Professor of Biology at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown joins the podcast to separate fact from fiction about the Joro spider.
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