Catapulting spider winds up web to launch itself at prey: study
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Just when you thought spiders couldn't get any more terrifying.A study published Monday has found that an arachnid species is capable of winding up its web to store up elastic energy, before releasing its grip and catapulting itself at furious speed toward its unsuspecting prey.The development places the triangle-weaver spider, or Hyptiotes cavatus, alongside humans as the other known species