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Is the TFA implying that these spiders will climb the trees and use their webs to lower themselves from "the sky"? Because "drop from the sky" brought back memo
by karolist 5y ago
Is the TFA implying that these spiders will climb the trees and use their webs to lower themselves from "the sky"? Because "drop from the sky" brought back memories of original Red Alert 2 trailer https://youtu.be/2YlVumsPHx4?t=80 https://youtu.be/2YlVumsPHx4?t=80, which is now relevant even without the spiders. And it's scary.
- g051051 5y agoSee https://www.newser.com/story/317794/these-giant-flying-spiders-may-take-over-east-coast.html https://www.newser.com/story/317794/these-giant-flying-spide...: > hatchlings are often spotted "flying" through the air on silk strands, a la the babies in Charlotte's Web
- bagels 5y agoThat part is really not addressed at all. They can fly? To what altitude? How does a spider even fly like this in the first place?
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- adrian_b 5y agoA young spider makes a long silk string, which will be blown by the wind, together with the attached spider. Like a human who flies using a balloon, the spider does not have any control over the flight direction. That depends on the winds. However, the spider can control when to descend back to the ground, by gathering the silk string, like the human with the balloon, who can release the gas which fills the balloon.
- adrian_b 5y agoAdult spiders become too heavy to be able to fly again. Those who fly using silk strings are very young and small.