http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/12/14/spidermans-bats/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/12/14/spidermans-bats/#comment-13011 Sven DiMilo Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:19:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2112#comment-13011 The one-way peeling feature sounds a lot like gecko toes--wonder if they've done the EM work to look for tiny lamellae. The one-way peeling feature sounds a lot like gecko toes–wonder if they’ve done the EM work to look for tiny lamellae.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/12/14/spidermans-bats/#comment-13010 Credit to Carl Zimmer for a great one-liner: "The s Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:36:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2112#comment-13010 [...] The Loom about December 14, 2009 3:53 PM - by John Timmer Click here to view comments on this article. [...] [...] The Loom about December 14, 2009 3:53 PM – by John Timmer Click here to view comments on this article. [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/12/14/spidermans-bats/#comment-13009 Tales from the Tubes — 15/​12/​09 | Young Australian Skeptics Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:29:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2112#comment-13009 [...] Sucker-​​footed bats! [...] [...] Sucker-​​footed bats! [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/12/14/spidermans-bats/#comment-13008 Joshua Zelinsky Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:43:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2112#comment-13008 So Spiderman's bats aren't using his ability to stick to surfaces normally but are using a liquid form of the webshooters? Maybe I'm taking this analogy too far... So Spiderman’s bats aren’t using his ability to stick to surfaces normally but are using a liquid form of the webshooters? Maybe I’m taking this analogy too far…

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