Spider flight,
known as
ballooning, is a
mysterious
phenomenon not
fully understood
by science. How is
it that spiders
can use their own
silk to ride
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Spider flight, known as ballooning, is a mysterious phenomenon not fully understood by science. How is it that spiders can use their own silk to ride the wind for miles at a time? A researcher in Berlin tested crab spiders in nature and a wind tunnel to find out more about how they fly.
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