Here Is Your New Flying Pancake Spider Nightmare August 19, 2015 C_R_Eature 243823 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwonkville.net%2F2015%2F08%2F19%2Fhere-is-your-new-flying-pancake-spider-nightmare%2FHere+Is+Your+New+Flying+Pancake+Spider+Nightmare2015-08-20+00%3A17%3A44Anonymous+Wonkerhttp%3A%2F%2Fwonkville.net%2F%3Fp%3D2438 +20
"Yanoviak and his colleagues have spent years hunting for insects that can glide with precision. The researchers use a simple test: They drop creatures from a great height." C_R_Eature: RUN. Reply
Not a problem… <img src="http://www.airigami.com/wp-content/gallery/flying-octopus/flying-oct-launching.jpg" width="450">
Big deal. If my research involved “dropping creatures from a great height” I could have gotten my PhD when I was 11. Reply
"The scientists finally auditioned large arachnids known as “flatties,” some of which live in the American tropics." I have an unnerving suspicion that there's a "Florida Man" story involving these on its way. Reply
I have a friend who's a genuine arachnophobe, and he'd lose it if he read this story #someThingsAreBetterNotShared
I got to try out free fall technique in a wind tunnel meant for skydiving. Trickier than it looks- highly recommended, though. Reply
Cat-like maneuvers? We're close to getting spider-cats, people!
They're in the air NO PLACE IS SAFE
I have yet to see a spider that's a match for (one of) my cats.
Flying webslingers?
Just a part of your balanced flying breakfast!
"Yanoviak and his colleagues have spent years hunting for insects that can glide with precision. The researchers use a simple test: They drop creatures from a great height."
C_R_Eature: RUN.
"OHSHIT"
relax, they probably do it over water.
Not a problem…
<img src="http://www.airigami.com/wp-content/gallery/flying-octopus/flying-oct-launching.jpg" width="450">
Yeah, it's all good.
Big deal. If my research involved “dropping creatures from a great height” I could have gotten my PhD when I was 11.
"I Fling Her."
Yeah, if Stan Lee had known this he coulda saved Peter P. a lotta trouble.
Holy hell.
"The scientists finally auditioned large arachnids known as “flatties,” some of which live in the American tropics."
I have an unnerving suspicion that there's a "Florida Man" story involving these on its way.
Hawaiian paradise suddenly sounds much scarier.
#HAWAIIANSPIDERCAT
I have a friend who's a genuine arachnophobe, and he'd lose it if he read this story
#someThingsAreBetterNotShared
I got to try out free fall technique in a wind tunnel meant for skydiving. Trickier than it looks- highly recommended, though.
Back in my Army daze, we felt two things fell from the sky, bird shit and fools.
Are "flattie" spiders in any way related to "splittie" VW microbusses?
I want those to replace all t-shirt cannons.
I'd pay just to see the audience reaction.