At first glance, the triangle-weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, builds a web like any other spider. But once an insect hits that web, something damn near logic-defying happens. Sitting in one corner of the triangle, the spider seems not so much to crawl but to teleport an inch closer to the struggling prey, then another inch, …
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