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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Downhill racer



Scientists know about three spiders that roll, rather than walk, down sand dunes. Now they’ve found one that propels itself with handsprings.

The palm-size arachnid gets a running start and flings itself into a continuous cartwheel, which can move it along at almost 5 mph. LINK

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