Even Spiders Know Everything's Bigger in Texas
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A giant spider web spans part of Lake Tawakoni State Park in Texas.
Donna Garde/Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
A giant spider web spans part of Lake Tawakoni State Park in Texas.
Lake Tawakoni State Park in Texas has some new tenants: spiders – lots of spiders. And they've spun a giant communal web.
Several hundred yards along a nature trail have been taken over by the elaborate arachnid construction. Webs stretch from tree to tree — and down to the ground.
Donna Garde, the superintendent of the park, talks with Melissa Block.
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