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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-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·9 个月前Hasn’t this been known for some time? Perhaps I’m confusing these spiders with ones that simply form wind sails.
minus-squareMeaanBeaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 个月前Didn’t the baby spiders fly away at the end of Charlottes Web?
minus-squareStalinwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 个月前Yeah, it was chaos on the set just off-camera.
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 个月前The most recent article in the post is about 4 years old. I definitely recall learning this a while ago.
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 个月前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.
Hasn’t this been known for some time? Perhaps I’m confusing these spiders with ones that simply form wind sails.
Didn’t the baby spiders fly away at the end of Charlottes Web?
Yeah, it was chaos on the set just off-camera.
The most recent article in the post is about 4 years old. I definitely recall learning this a while 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.