https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arc ... rs/564437/
Spiders have been found two-and-a-half miles up in the air, and 1,000 miles out to sea.
Erica Morley and Daniel Robert have an explanation. The duo, who work at the University of Bristol, has shown that spiders can sense the Earth’s electric field, and use it to launch themselves into the air.
Every day, around 40,000 thunderstorms crackle around the world, collectively turning Earth’s atmosphere into a giant electrical circuit.
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Spiders Use Electricity to Fly
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Spiders Use Electricity to Fly
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Bitchin
One of the downsides of the Internet is that it allows like-minded people to form communities, and sometimes those communities are stupid.
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One of the downsides of the Internet is that it allows like-minded people to form communities, and sometimes those communities are stupid.
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True, and they walk using hydraulics: https://infinitespider.com/spider-legs-work/
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Well damn that was interesting. On of the best "threads" in the history of this shitty board.
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Great read!Fat Cat wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 10:25 pm True, and they walk using hydraulics: https://infinitespider.com/spider-legs-work/
"If we are all going to be destroyed by the atomic bomb, let it find us doing sensible and human things—working, listening to music, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep." — CS Lewis
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Says the guy who has the indecency to keep breathing after getting put on notice by Greta Bae.
"I have longed for shipwrecks, for havoc and violent death.” - Havoc, T. Kristensen
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Funny enough, the first time I heard of that girl was yesterday. Can't wait for the new episode of South Park.
