[NatureNS] Spider walking on water

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:14:29 -0300
From: Eleanor Lindsay <az678@chebucto.ns.ca>
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While swimming in our cove yesterday I came eye to eye in mid-cove with 
a spider (body approx 0.4cm diameter) walking purposively up and down 
the small wavelets towards the shore - a considerable distance. How on 
earth does it do that with thread-thin, stick-like legs?

Eleanor Lindsay,
Seabright, St Margarets Bay

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