How spiders hunt heavy prey: the tangle web as a pulley and spider's lifting mechanics observed and quantified in the laboratory
- 3 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Journal of The Royal Society Interface
- Vol. 18 (175), 20200907
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0907
Abstract
The spiders of Theridiidae's family display a peculiar behaviour when they hunt extremely large prey. They lift the quarry, making it unable to escape, by attaching pre-tensioned silk threads to it...Keywords
Funding Information
- H2020 European Research Council (732344, 863179)
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