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    John Bear is offline Senior Member
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    Distance learning by spiders!

    Male wolf spiders learn to do the mating dance of another species after watching them do it on tiny video monitors.
    Male Wolf Spider Copies Dance Moves of Rivals After Watching Videos

    Jokes about "web learning" may now be submitted.

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    Lame spider joke: May I take this opportunity to say that opponents of distance learning are often full of venom and I will not be caught up in their web of lies. (ahem)
    Be satisfied with what you have, but never be satisfied with what you are.

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    I would watch it, but spiders kinda freak me out. O_o
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    So, what's the best DL university for spiders? Does NA or RA matter?
    MS ISA - WGU (in progress)
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    Pick the OVER/UNDER: 6

    Months before UOP offers a $500 per credit hour degree for spiders.

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    Arachnid University (aka Octo U)

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Bear View Post
    Male wolf spiders learn to do the mating dance of another species after watching them do it on tiny video monitors.
    Yeah, but they have the unfair advantage of having eight eyes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveFoerster View Post
    Yeah, but they have the unfair advantage of having eight eyes.
    It would be really hard to keep them from cheating on tests!
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    Quote Originally Posted by imalcolm View Post
    So, what's the best DL university for spiders? Does NA or RA matter?
    WEBster University, of course!
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    StefanM: "...UOP offers a $500 per credit hour degree for spiders..."

    Through their Peter Parker Institute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rmm0484 View Post
    WEBster University, of course!
    ............ +1
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