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Why Don't Spiders Get Stuck In Their Webs?

2018/11/9
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Spiders have eight legs for survival advantages, such as dropping a leg to escape predators, and various eye configurations depending on their environment and lifestyle.

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Why don't spiders stick to their own webs? How do spiders walk up walls and on ceilings without falling? Why do spiders have eight legs and eight eyes? How do they make webs? And silk? What's a cobweb? How do spiders eat? And why are daddy long legs called daddy long legs when they have to have a female to produce babies?! We're talking spiders today with arachnologist Catherine Scott.

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