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Catepillars

NPR
Published July 28, 2000 at 11:00 PM CDT

Scott Simon talks to Georgetown professor of biology Martha Weiss about the amazing frass flinging (caterpillar feces) abilities of the silver spotted skipper caterpiller.

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