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B.C. spider hunters uncovering new high altitude species



People who fear spiders may not want to hear this little factoid: here in B.C. there are probably a couple hundred species of spider we don't even know about.

That's on top of the 800 species we do know about.

There are undiscovered crawly things under rocks, leaves and branches everywhere especially high up in the mountains.

And that's exactly where we sent out Kootenay reporter Bob Keating - up in the alpine looking for spiders.
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