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OssiansFolly t1_ivaqape wrote

Reply to comment by Peasant_hacking in Insects get stuck in a spider's web, why doesn't a spider get stuck in its own web? by Koning_Health

The webbing isn't sticky. It's just being wrapped like tying someone up with rope in a cartoon.

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Peasant_hacking t1_ivcatjv wrote

OH! so only some parts of the WEB house is sticky?

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Sable-Keech t1_ivdnjcb wrote

Yes, the radiating lines are non-sticky while the circling lines are sticky.

Also when wrapping their prey they manipulate the sticky web with their claws which are coated with an anti-stick substance.

If you were to grab a spider and just slap it directly flat onto its own web it would probably get stuck.

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