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Scientists discover ‘ballista spider’ that launches prey at 140x the force of gravity

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Scientists discover ‘ballista spider’ that launches prey at 140x the force of gravity

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cm0002 ( cm0002@toast.ooo ) 
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Scientists discover ‘ballista spider’ that launches prey at 140x the force of gravity - Dexerto
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The spider, which has yet to be officially named but has been dubbed the ‘ballista spider’, uses web traps to launch prey into its nest.
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  • Beehaw_Girl ( Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org ) 
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    Nope. Nope. NOPE!

    • Onomatopoeia ( Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ) 
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      Hahahahaha

    • maturelemontree ( maturelemontree@lemmy.zip ) 
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      Imagine if spiders were big and human predators. Being launched at mach 100 as you were walking to your car is crazy

  • Courtney (she/her/they)  ( EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Sadly we have yet to discover their more powerful relative, the Trebuchet Spider

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    Fuck yeah another awesome Australian spider!

    Those green ants are tasty too, you can eat the abdomen for a nice citrusy snack.

  • M137 ( M137@lemmy.today ) 
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    I didn’t get any sleep last night so it might just be my wonky brain but isn’t “at 140x the force of gravity” an incredibly weird and wrong way to say it? They’re talking about G forces, which are specific to earth gravity, so its 140Gs. “140 times the force of gravity” means nothing, it’s like saying “it’s 100 times heavier than mass”.

  • Drusas ( Drusas@fedia.io ) 
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    Super cool.

  • Orioniae ( Orioniae@piefed.social ) 
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    Mosquito: “BZZZZZ ò-ó”

    Spider: “GET YEETETH, THINE UNSPEAKABLE PRAY”

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    How the fuck does evolution begin to explain the process of spiders various techniques.

    Some of them make sense.

    Trapdoor spiders.

    Tarantula.

    Huntsman.

    Then you got spiders which position themselves on a branch above their target, and slip down a rope Mission Impossible style.

    Other spiders curl up into a ball and let the wind carry them to safety if something goes wrong.

    And now this shit.

  • floquant ( floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Get Fulton’d stupid

  • Zoop ( Zoop@beehaw.org ) 
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    Holy cow! That’s both super impressive and interesting and gives me mad heebie jeebies! Thanks for sharing with us. :)

  • Marshezezz ( Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Bugs will rule the earth eventually

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