Spider Shoots Web 25 Meters (Video 4k)
It's called Darwin's Bark Spider, and the female has a remarkable strategy. Like a real life spider woman, she sprays strands of silk in one long continuous flow.
The threads fan out like a sail and drift on air currents blowing across the water. Every few seconds she keeps the strands together to stop them spreading too widely.
The breeze will do the rest, blowing the threads into a single line and a 25 meter bridge.
Now she must reinforce her bridge because her web will hang from it.
But there's something bouncing the line at the other end. Another Darwin spider is trying to take advantage of her hard work. She must deal with the intruder head on.
The cut line is an inconvenience, but no more than that. With hooks on the tips of each leg, she gathers in the thread. It won't go to waste as she'll eat it later.
When it's all reeled in, she sprays again out streams, another 25 meter bridging line.
How a spider no bigger than a thumbnail can produce so much silk so quickly, has baffled scientists.
And it's no ordinary silk. It's the toughest natural fiber on the planet. Tougher than steel. And it needs to be tough to span the wide river. With the bridge taut and the ground anchor in place.
It's time to construct a trap. These spiders can build the world's largest orb webs up to two meters. wide. A few hours from the first spray, a bridging line.
The job is done. Now her strategy is simple. Sit and wait. And there's one final bout of silk production, shrink wrapping her food for later.
While some spiders are known for their impressive silk-spinning abilities, such as the golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila spp.), Which can produce webs spanning several meters in size, there are no known species of spiders capable of shooting webs up to. . . . 25 meters long in a single shot in real life.
The silk produced by spiders serves various purposes, including constructing webs for catching prey, creating shelters, and wrapping prey for consumption. However, the length and strength of the silk depend on the species of spider and the specific purpose for which it is used.
Some spiders, such as the Darwin's bark spider (Caerostris darwini), are known for producing exceptionally strong silk. However, even the silk produced by these spiders typically does not exceed a few meters in length in a single strand.
While spiders' silk-spinning abilities are remarkable and continue to inspire research into materials science and engineering, claims of spiders shooting webs 25 meters long in real life are likely exaggerated or based on misconceptions.
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