fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 days agoelectrostatic spider flightmander.xyzimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down17file-text
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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/05/ballooning-spiders-take-flight-earth-electric-fields https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-021-01474-6
minus-squareIamsqueegee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·9 days agoWell. Fuck.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agogood news: it’s basically only baby spiders that do it (on account of them being fucking tiny), hence why you haven’t seen tarantulas floating about
minus-squareGandalftheBlack@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 days agoThis is how our lizard overlords felt when humans first achieved flight
Well. Fuck.
good news: it’s basically only baby spiders that do it (on account of them being fucking tiny), hence why you haven’t seen tarantulas floating about
This is how our lizard overlords felt when humans first achieved flight
Found the crab person