Whereas conventional chains, ropes, or vines would get shorter and shorter with each twist, and eventually break, this spider silk is totally not affected, not breaking until its owner finally grows frustrated and comes down to give it a snip, dropping the leaf.
<p>Some kinds of spider silk perhaps have a "ball chain" molecular structure, allowing swiveling, e.g., of a fallen leaf attached to them, spinning forever in one direction in the wind.
2020/3/25 Zaokeng, Dongshi, Taichung, Taiwan. 台灣台中東勢慶福里燥坑。
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In the background we hear Taiwan barbet 五色鳥 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilopogon_nuchalis" class="extiw" title="w:Psilopogon nuchalis">Psilopogon nuchalis</a>) bird calls.
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2020-03-25
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