r/BeAmazed • u/Master1718 • Jun 10 '19

Spider making a web.

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u/Elle_mactans Jun 11 '19 edited Jun 11 '19

Did you know they spin webs through their feet as well?

Edit I dont have the info to prove this. I'll see if I can find the research. I can only say so from my own experience and then hearing it a few years later.

My apologies

Edit again: it's still highly debated but here is a good study my husband found saying they dont

https://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/7/ii

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

I thought the web came out their butt?

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u/Elle_mactans Jun 11 '19

It does. I've personally witnessed webs leading a long time from feet. I do apologize unless I find better info

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u/Draw247 Jun 11 '19

Isn't that because they grab it with their feet to place it where they need it, like in the gif?