Spiders in Space - Zero Gravity and Web Building

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How does a lack of gravity impact web spinning in spiders? Can they still pull it off?

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:56 Spider Research

Article: Zschokke, S., Countryman, S. & Cushing, P.E. Spiders in space—orb-web-related behaviour in zero gravity. Sci Nat 108, 1 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-020-01708-8
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-020-01708-8

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