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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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[-] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 26 points 10 months ago

Well. Fuck.

[-] GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 21 points 10 months ago

This is how our lizard overlords felt when humans first achieved flight

[-] Nikls94@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Found the crab person

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

good news: it's basically only baby spiders that do it (on account of them being fucking tiny), hence why you haven't seen tarantulas floating about

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