Why Don’t Spiders Get Stuck in Their Webs?

Why Don’t Spiders Get Stuck in Their Webs? Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.  –Sir Walter Scott, Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field  Despite filling a large number of us with arachnophobia, spiders are marvels of engineering and pest extermination. The form of eight creepy-crawly legs surrounding a bulbous center with […]

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