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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago

electrostatic spider flight

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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

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    Pictured is a banana spider, shitloads of them around here. Those are not flying. Looks like this one is making the zig-zag thing some orb weavers make.

    Cool fact! They’re also called Golden Orb Weavers because their webs shine gold when the sun hits right.

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    Well. Fuck.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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    Adrian Tchaikovsky warned us of this.

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      For a Sci-Fi newbie who’s thinking of trying out Tchaikovsky, any advice on where to start?

      • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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        Start off with the Children of Time series, there’s no reason not to. Well written, great story with memorable characters, and a fantastic hard sci-fi twist on what intelligent life really is, and how we think of ourselves and others.

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          Thanks! I’ll go for that as soon as I’m finished with the Three Body Problem series.

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      Actually those spiders were pretty damn cool! And it’s an excellent book series.

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        Oh, for sure. I hate spiders, and I was loathe to read it, but damned if I didn’t enjoy all of them.

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    Man holding green posters that say “NO” in giant black letters, throwing one poster to the ground and showing the same poster behind it in a repeated loop.

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    flying nope

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    This spider is clearly on a mission, it has an objective and won’t let anything get in the way of it.

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    How do the electric fields holds up the scientists?

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