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Figure 1


Fig. 1. Overview of bungee jumping spiders. (A) A spider bungee jumping with pre-made silk of length xo. The silk attachment point is marked with a red star. When the silk starts to take the load of the spider, xo below the attachment site, the silk is stretched {Delta}x before the spider comes to a stop. (B) Worst-case scenario in which the spider falls 2xo before silk is loaded.