The spider has been nicknamed the "ballista" for the speed and force with which it flings prey into its web A new species of spider which weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single type of ant ...
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New spider uses spring-loaded death trap
A newly-discovered spider uses a unique, "spring-loaded" web trap to snatch its prey from a safe distance! A mysterious hum has plagued the Earth for 50 years. Scientists may have finally found its ...
A newly discovered spider in Queensland builds a four-hour silk catapult that uses aggressive ants to trigger their own ...
When most silk-spinning spiders hunt, they build a web and wait for prey to blunder into it. But a newly discovered species from Australia instead uses its silk to craft a spring-loaded, cone-shaped ...
Spring-loaded plungers use a spring and a plunger (or ball tip) to exert a precise and repeatable force. They are a better option than having engineers cobble together an assembly that uses a simple, ...
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