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07-09-2018, 09:38 AM
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Did you know that spiders can fly?
News to me.
Originally from "The Atlantic" "Since at least the days of of Darwin, we’ve known that spiders could fly, miles up and hundreds of miles away. They don’t have wings, but they can thrust out strands of silk and float away. It was thought that their silk caught the wind, like a kite. But, in fact, it seems that spiders take advantage of Earth’s electric field — spiders can sense it and the air can be charged with as little as about 100 volts, which launches them." 
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#2
07-09-2018, 12:37 PM
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Just a few days ago there was an article on BBC or NPR on how they send out a sort of sail made of of several silk strands that, of course, all meet at its body but the other end is somehow connected together.
When the wind is just right it lets go and takes off. They even had a video of it. Our natural world is amazing.
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#3
07-09-2018, 12:40 PM
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i don't know about flying but i've seen a couple more jumping spiders the last couple of days with this heat wave.
play music!
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07-09-2018, 05:30 PM
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play music!
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2014 Martin 00015M 2009 Martin 0015M 2008 Martin HD28 2007 Martin 000-18GE 2006 Taylor 712 2006 Fender Parlor GDP100 1978 Fender F65 1968 Gibson B25-12N Various Electrics
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