Vupware comments on electrostatic spider flight

electrostatic spider flight (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Hasn’t this been known for some time? Perhaps I’m confusing these spiders with ones that simply form wind sails.

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[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Didn't the baby spiders fly away at the end of Charlottes Web?

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[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it was chaos on the set just off-camera.

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[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

The most recent article in the post is about 4 years old. I definitely recall learning this a while ago.

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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.

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