fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoelectrostatic spider flightimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1429arrow-down1imageelectrostatic spider flightfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-text
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-down1·1 month 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.