Spiders wheel to escape
Dune spiders Carparachne aureoflava (Heteropodidae) commonly transform themselves into wheels and roll down smooth sand dunes at speeds of 0.5-1.5 m s-1 and rotation rates of 10-44 s-1. Wheeling blurs spiders' outlines, enabling them to escape predatory wasps. These spiders are endemic to the central Namib Desert dunes.
South Africa Journal of Science
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