Wednesday, February 15, 2006

One reason Andrew likes spiders

From the article:

"We found out that when all 600,000 tips are in contact with an underlying surface the spider can produce an adhesive force of 170 times its own weight. That's like Spiderman clinging to the flat surface of a window on a building by his fingertips and toes only, whilst rescuing 170 adults who are hanging on to his back!"

1 comment:

arthropodguy said...

I've herd that!