I had supposed that spiders jump from high places, ejecting a strand of silk behind them as they fall, to move between places quickly, and as an initial part of building their webs.
But I didn't know they can actually fly on the wind using untethered strands of silk:
How Spiders Use Silk to Fly | ScienceTake (video, posted on 2018/06/26)
But I didn't know they can actually fly on the wind using untethered strands of silk:
How Spiders Use Silk to Fly | ScienceTake (video, posted on 2018/06/26)
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Date: 2023-09-15 03:16 am (UTC)From: