![]() ![]() Follow Live Science, Facebook & Google+. In fact, the common name of the species is the Moroccan flic-flac. ![]() The study describing the spider species was published April 17 in the journal Zootaxa.įollow Agata Blaszczak-Boxe on Twitter. Called Cebrennus rechenbergi, the spider can perform flic-flac jumps at almost 2 m/sec, allowing it to swiftly cross the desert. "We tried to imitate the movement of the spider" while building the model, Rechenberg told Live Science. The robot - named Tabbot after "Tabacha," which means spider in the Berber language - can move by both walking and turning somersaults, just like the creature it's modeled after. Inspired by the spider's unusual movement mechanism, Rechenberg, a bionics expert, developed a 10-inch-long (25 centimeters) model of a spider robot. rechenbergi is nocturnal and lives in the Erg Chebbi desert in southeastern Morocco, close to the Algerian border. To protect itself from the sun and predators, the animal weaves tubelike "towers" in the sand that are held together by silk threads. has been translated based on your browsers language setting. ![]() Discover and share the best GIFs on Tenor. In fact, the flic-flac moves propel the spider across the sand at some 6.5 feet per second (2 meters per second), which is twice as fast as its walking speed. The perfect Flic Flac Spider Running Running From Responsibilities animated GIF for your conversation. On the other hand, its Tunisian relative moves only by rolling its body down sand dunes. The spider propels itself off the ground and moves its legs in a flic-flac motion to go uphill, downhill or on level ground. ![]()
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