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    How spiders use an electrical charge to trap insects

    The Christian Science Monitor
    July 9, 2013 5:05AM ET
    The Christian Science Monitor
    The Christian Science Monitor

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    The spider web - already one of nature’s greatest marvels for its strategic architectural design and the adhesive strands - has now been found to have another advantage: a negative electrical charge, which can snap up positively charged insects…

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