Spiraling Spiders One of the more intriguing species discovered by science last year are these danci

Spiraling Spiders One of the more intriguing species discovered by science last year are these dancing spiders (known as Cebrennus rechenbergi ) that live in the sandy deserts of Morocco’s Erg Chebbi. When confronted with a threat, they propel themselves towards it in a graceful cartwheeling motion across the dune surface. They can propel uphill and in this mode move twice as fast as their usual gait, useful when fleeing from a predator. Only one other species is known to act like insectile tumbleweed, the golden rolling spider.LozImage credit: Prof. Dr. Ingo Rechenberg/Technical University Berlin/ESFhttp://bit.ly/1LrPubchttp://bit.ly/1AwzVxKvideo footage: https://vimeo.com/94146775Original paper, paywall access: http://bit.ly/1LPUOoW -- source link

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