fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 天前electrostatic spider flightmander.xyzimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1430file-text
arrow-up1430imageelectrostatic spider flightmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 天前message-square41fedilinkfile-text
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/05/ballooning-spiders-take-flight-earth-electric-fields https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-021-01474-6
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 天前But how common are windless conditions, really? It seems incredibly rare that there would be so little air movement that the effect of it wouldn’t far overwhelm the electrostatic effect. I’m no meteorologist, though.
But how common are windless conditions, really? It seems incredibly rare that there would be so little air movement that the effect of it wouldn’t far overwhelm the electrostatic effect. I’m no meteorologist, though.