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Spiders Can Fly Without Wings… Using Electricity
Spiders can launch into the sky without wings—and it’s not a myth. In this video, we break down how spiders sense Earth’s electric field through tiny hairs, then use silk like a sail to lift off into the air. You’ll see how spiders have been found kilometers up, crossing huge distances in the atmosphere in a behavior known as “ballooning.”

But the flight is only the beginning. We also explore how spiders hunt in ways that feel like sci-fi: liquefying prey from the inside, turning silk into multiple specialized tools, and building webs that act like a sensory network. And yes—some spiders may even plan routes and detours when hunting other predators.

If you’ll never look at a web the same way again, subscribe for more strange-but-true nature science—because spiders are weirder than anyone expects.
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