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Tarantulas shoot silk from their feet

Unique ability may help prevent the heavy spiders from falling

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Comic books may have gotten their science right after all. Some spiders may indeed grip walls by shooting silk Spiderman-style from their limbs.

FLUFFY A Mexican flame-kneed tarantula named Fluffy (shown) helped inspire researchers to reopen the question of whether tarantulas really can exude silk from their feet.