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Lemmit.Online botMAB to Today I Learned (TIL)English · 4 months ago

TIL that SPIDERS have the capability to "fly" across oceans. They are capable of using both the earth's electromagnetic field, and the wind to fly in a process known as "ballooning".

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TIL that SPIDERS have the capability to "fly" across oceans. They are capable of using both the earth's electromagnetic field, and the wind to fly in a process known as "ballooning".

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Lemmit.Online botMAB to Today I Learned (TIL)English · 4 months ago
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Spiders fly on the currents of Earth's electric field
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Spiders don’t have wings, but they can fly across entire oceans on long strands of silk. For more than a century, scientists thought it was the wind that carried them, but a new study shows the Earth’s electric field can propel these flying arachnids too.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheTronicSquared on 2025-02-01 00:54:57+00:00.

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