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Figure 2


Fig. 2. Models of cribellar and viscous capture threads under a load showing how the greater elasticity of the axial fibers of viscous threads and the plasticity of viscous droplets allow viscous threads to form more acute angles with a contacting surface and, thereby, to direct a higher proportion of force perpendicular to a force pulling on the thread.





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