Seafaring spiders can sail across water like ships

By Nicky Phillips
Updated July 12 2015 - 10:13am, first published July 6 2015 - 12:14pm
A spider uses its silk as an anchor on water. Photo: Alex Hyde
A spider uses its silk as an anchor on water. Photo: Alex Hyde

Spiders can sail across water like ships, using their legs as sails and their silk as an anchor. It's the kind of discovery that makes arachnophobes quiver.

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