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Spider Fight in the Philippines

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While traveling through the more rural parts of the Philippines, you might happen upon children along the roadside “spider fighting”. Spider fighting, is the low-income alternative to cock-fighting in the Philippines, and involves people betting while two spiders duel on the edge of stick. Along our way through Twin Lakes National Park, we came across a pair of spider-fighters, and asked if we could document one of their fights.

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