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-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 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
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