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Far be it from us here at The Scientist to recommend that you sit in front of the idiot box when you undoubtedly have so much work to do, but…if you simply must boob out, at least make the experience educational. This coming Tuesday night on the Science Channel, check out the premier of “Monster Bug Wars,” a show that pits insect gladiators against one another in duels to the death!

Despite what it sounds like, this show doesn’t promise to be simple naked sensationalism. The series features Cornell University’s Linda Rayor, an entomologist who studies the social behavior of insect predators, such as huntsman and whip spiders, among which you wouldn’t expect to find such congeniality.

Check out a couple of clips from the show:

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