fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months 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-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoIf you read any of the article OP provided, you’ll see that the common belief that they were simply using the wind was false and they actually use electric currents in the air.
If you read any of the article OP provided, you’ll see that the common belief that they were simply using the wind was false and they actually use electric currents in the air.