scientist have identified a new — and exceptionally nimble — cartwheeling - wanderer . Oh , and did we mention that they ’ve also construct it a automatonlike companion ?
Top image : The Moroccan Flic - Flac Spider salutes the Book of Judges , before gearing up for a tumbling run /Ingo Rechenberg
The spider , Cebrennus rechenbergi or the Moroccan Flic - Flac wanderer , was first found by Ingo Rechenberg of the Technical University of Berlin . Rechenberg launch the spider along to Peter Jäger of the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt to determine its accurate taxonomy . But before he did , Rechenberg used the spider ’s gymnastic moves to project the automaton you see alongside the wanderer in the TV below .
Jäger recently write his outcome inZootaxa , which reason out that the wanderer really is a raw species , and hint a little about why the spider moves the way it does . It ’s a reception to perceive threats , but not just because a cartwheeling wanderer look more grave than usual — it also let the spider move twice as tight ..
you’re able to see more of the Maroc flic - flac wanderer in the TV below or in theZootaxa .
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