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Yep, there are now spiders that can fly or at least glide.─── 08:46 Fri, 21 Aug 2015
We don’t want to alarm you, but flying spiders exist… so please prepare to burn the planet down and move to a different one.
OK, they don’t actually fly, but rather glide.
Selenopid spiders live in the high trees of the South American rainforests, and therefore need to be able to have some sort of backup if they fall from the canopy.
That is why they developed the ability to execute a controlled and graceful glide.
Using their front legs to ‘steer’, the selenopid spiders glide onto a tree brunch or trunk before hitting the ground.
Source: MetroUK