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Watch this great close-up of a spider that stands on a human finger before kiting away

2021-11-11 00:00:00

Lisa Van Kula Donovan, the "wannabe entomologist" from Australia who sometimes allows venomous spiders to crawl across her face, volunteers her finger for a spider's launch pad.

Standing on the tip her finger, the spider first shoots some thread (which you can see if you look closely), then angles itself in take-off position before catching a breeze and ballooning away.
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