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To: rochester_veteran

I have difficulty believing that a spider that big could be crawling on a smooth, flat, and vertical pane of glass. I know spiders have magical powers and all, but the ability of small bugs to go up vertical surfaces is limited by weight. That looks like a string holding it up.


11 posted on 07/26/2017 3:33:44 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: sphinx

Of course, if it’s real, we’ve finally found a legitimate household use for tactical nuclear weapons.


13 posted on 07/26/2017 3:35:07 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: sphinx

Maybe it has suction feet, like frogs.


14 posted on 07/26/2017 3:35:50 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: sphinx

http://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2014/02/01/spiders-stickiness-arachnids-animals-science-weird/


16 posted on 07/26/2017 4:04:37 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: sphinx

Geckos which are much heavier can walk upside down on a ceiling.

When I lived in the Philippines, we use to catch them, and they could be up to a 6-12 inches long with an outsized head as wide as a shot glass, so...pretty heavy.

I had a broom, and swiped at one to knock it down to catch it, and it fell alright...right onto my upturned face.

As I shrieked and frantically swiveled my head from side to side in panic, I knocked my glasses off.

They came to rest about five feet away with the gecko firmly holding onto them still!


20 posted on 07/26/2017 4:53:47 AM PDT by rlmorel (Donald Trump: Making Liberal Heads Explode 140 Characters At A Time.)
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