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Why dont spiders stick to their own webs, seeing as anything else which touches it does? Are they only web-proof to their own-spun webs, or is it universal?


 
Posted : 18/07/2021 2:32 am
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Only certain strands are coated in specifically spun sticky spidey silk, apparently spiders can produce many types of spun silk on demand from their spinnerets.


 
Posted : 18/07/2021 3:21 am
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Also they have eight dainty little feet to be able to walk across the web - prey don’t, they don’t actually see the web, they fly straight in, then start struggling and get even more entangled, especially the wings which have a large, flat contact area.


 
Posted : 18/07/2021 11:10 pm
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Teflon feet


 
Posted : 18/07/2021 11:17 pm
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If that's where it comes from, I'm never using pans again.


 
Posted : 19/07/2021 12:03 am
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Your own kids are nice
Your on farts smell okay
Your own webs don't stick to you

Nature is weird like that


 
Posted : 19/07/2021 9:40 am
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Has OP tried moving spiders on to different webs to see what happens? Pick two and do a swapsy. I just think you’ll end up with two confused spiders. I wonder if they’ll be critical of each other’s work.


 
Posted : 20/07/2021 9:03 pm
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I miss threads (no pun intended!) by @roper, wonder what happened to him?


 
Posted : 20/07/2021 9:14 pm
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He was eaten.

Lovely husk, though.


 
Posted : 20/07/2021 9:30 pm

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