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Title: Gliding spiders Written by: duddy on Aug 19, 2015 (https://biology-forums.com/gallery/47/4_19_08_15_8_21_41.jpeg) (https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=22311) These tropical arachnids known as selenopid spiders (pictured above) possess the rare ability to steer themselves in the air and jump between trees - an unexpected talent for spiders, which have no history of flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKOpWg9zuok Researchers theorize that this behavior may have evolved because tree trunks are a far better place for a tree-dwelling spider than the forest floor, an unfamiliar territory crawling with creatures looking for a meal. Comments: So it's possible for it to raining spiders lol Written by: bio_man on Aug 20, 2015 |