2006-09-30

dracodraconis: (Default)
2006-09-30 08:00 am
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Maybe Spiderman was right

http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060925/full/060925-6.html

A common joke is that if the Spiderman movie were to be a bit more "realistic" then he'd shoot web from his butt. A recent discovery at the Max Planck Institute (better know for physics and engineering research) reveals that large spiders, like tarantulas, secret sticky silk from their feet to help them climb.