Tarantulas Do Not Shoot Silk From Feet

    March 2012 in “ Journal of Experimental Biology
    Kathryn Knight
    Studysummary This study challenges the idea that tarantulas produce silk from their feet to steady themselves during falls, suggesting instead that the hairs on their feet are chemosensors secreting lymph, not silk.
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