thought up today’s fact whilst watching an awful spider film last night π· enjoy peeps π
#tdil the reason why spiders don’t stick to their own webs πΈ
it’s an interesting question π€ why do all other things (including my face) stick so well to spiderwebs but spiders don’t?! what is this magic?! π± turns out, there are a few different factors π
the first is that, unlike unsuspecting prey, they never touch the web with all of their body at once. instead, they move around in a clever fashion that means that means that only the hairs on the tips of their legs make contact with the web ππ»
there’s also the contributing fact that scientists now think that those hairs are coated with a special chemical that stops them from sticking on the web … like a kinda special spider grease π
besides these helpful tactics, spiders are also ocd when it comes to keeping themselves clean π this ensures that no random bits of dirt/silk/debris is stuck to them that could in turn stick them to their web πΈ
the final tactic feels pretty obvious when you read it … but i didn’t actually know it was possible! basically, not all of the web is sticky ππ»
genuinely didn’t know this was a thing, but apparently many spiders can decide whether the web they lay is sticky or not ππ» this means that they’ll often keep the areas that they frequent most free of stickiness … just to make life easier π
honestly, we’ve had a few spider facts now (i think … don’t remember if i actually remembered to post them π) and spiders still fascinate me π± they’re just so darn cool! π
laters peeps π #tdil
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