Spider Silk and Their Kite Line For Their "ballooning" (mechanical Kiting)
Biologists began using the term "ballooning" for spiderling mechanical kiting. Another spider silk for the bridge thread is frequently kited. And another thread of the spider is used as a drag line from which spiders frequently swing in the breeze, getting deflected before landing. Humans have used spider silk for making kites.
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