Don’t Let Spiders Fool You
Do you think Spiderman’s ability to toss a web in a flash is impressive? Well, check out this spider from the Peruvian Amazon who can slingshot its web at a faster acceleration than a cheetah. A high-speed camera recorded its speed at 3,600 feet per second squared while a cheetah launches from rest at only 42 feet per second squared. A biophysicist from Georgia Tech, Symonne Alexendar, reported this on March 4, 2019, at the meeting of the American Physical