Arachnophobes may want to skip today's post as it could drive you over that thin line. Scientists have trained a regal jumping spider named Kim to jump on demand so they can study how to possibly engineer a mini robot with the same capabilities. Kim can jump six times her body length from a standing start and the force from the legs is five times the spider's weight. I wasn't aware spiders could be trained but they trained Kim to jump different distances and heights so they could study the bio-mechanics and apply it to other areas of research. They also did a CT scan and developed a 3 D model of Kim to further their studies.
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