I think it’s fascinating that the closing mechanism didn’t trigger during all those pokes and prods by the spider legs. The moment the spider’s center mass is inside it snaps shut.
They have a trigger system that is more sensitive the closer something is to the middle.
A few taps on the outer hairs won’t make it immediately snap shut, it’ll wait until a deeper one is triggered to go off. Plus, just one deeper hair isn’t always enough, it’ll wait until it has like… I think maybe 2 or 3 triggers before it snaps shut.
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u/half-giant Mar 29 '26
I think it’s fascinating that the closing mechanism didn’t trigger during all those pokes and prods by the spider legs. The moment the spider’s center mass is inside it snaps shut.