WELL BACK IN OHIO WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN YEAR ROUND SPIDERMAN. IN THIS WEEK’S BUCKEYE BEAT WE’RE MEETING DR. TODD BLACKLEDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON. HE STUDIES ARACHNIDS. ARACHNIDS ARE A CLASS OF ANIMALS WITH EIGHT JOINTED LEGS. THIS INCLUDES SPIDERS, TICKS AND SCORPIONS. CHECK IT OUT!
[BUCKEYE BEAT: SPIDERMAN]
RICK: (SHUDDER) I’M NOT SURE THAT I COULD HANDLE BEING THAT KIND OF SPIDERMAN!
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