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Electrically Charged Bee Falling in to Spider's Web

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A dead bee with a positive electrostatic charge falls into a grounded spider web, drawing the flexible silk toward it before it even hits the web. This attraction could help spider webs capture prey, since most flying insects have a positive electrical charge because of friction with air molecules. Video by Victor Manuel Ortega-Jimenez, UC Berkeley.

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