Posted on 07/05/2018 5:31:12 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Charles Darwin was onboard the HMS Beagle. He marveled at spiders that had landed on the ship after floating across huge ocean distances. “I caught some of the Aeronaut spiders which must have come at least 60 miles,”
Darwin thought that electricity might be involved when he noticed that spider silk stands seemed to repel each other with electrostatic force...
Peter Gorham, a physicist at the University of Hawaii, calculated that it was theoretically possible for spiders to use their silk to conduct static electricity as a means to fly, but Morley’s team is the first to confirm this in the laboratory.
(Excerpt) Read more at motherboard.vice.com ...
I took a college class based on the book and TV series. Worthwhile.
I took a college class based on the book and TV series.
That sounds like a very enjoyable semester or two.
Yes, I’m easily amused; still good stuff.
Are they from Mars?
Are they from Mars?
Unlikely.
The gravity of Mars is a bit wimpy compared to Earth.
Therefore, weak wimpy spiders live on Mars.
Now, if they came from Jupiter...
I, For One, Welcome Our New Arachnid Overlords...
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