Originally published at: Watch this great close-up of a spider that stands on a human finger before kiting away | Boing Boing
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Anyone remember the scene from Charlotte’s Web where her offspring fly off like that on the spring breeze? sniff
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Enya and spiders is a pairing that I’ve never really considered till now.
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If you play these at the same time, somehow, somewhere, a spider lifts off the ground.
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I! (squirt) am! (squirt) outta! (squirt) here! (squirt).
I had always thought they were making a balloon to catch the wind and gaining lift by capturing the breeze like a parachute - but the silk strand actually gains lift by using Earth’s electricity. It won’t let me include a link… but look at PBS spiders electricity and you’ll see the article!
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my recurring fantasy is that one day we will learn how the spiders do it, and we will fly the same way-- at the least send around drones without spinning propellers.
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I love spiders more than flies and mosquitoes…
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Spiders are at the top of a food chain that I don’t want to know anything about.
Unless they’re in my face, or running across my screen, I pretend that I don’t see them.
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