William Eberhard, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Costa Rica, and colleague Daniel Briceno film spiders in the lab, in the field, and under a dissecting microscope to untangle this longstanding arachnological mystery. The secret to not getting stuck? Oily, hairy legs and delicate movements.
Credits
Images courtesy of Gustavo Hormiga/The George Washington University.
Video footage: Daniel Briceno and William Eberhard.
Additional: archive.org, prelinger archives
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@flichtmanFlora Lichtman was the host of the podcast Every Little Thing. She’s a former Science Friday multimedia producer.