la_belle_laide | A tiny net is a death sentence! Also, yay for Obama.

Obama signs order reversing abortion-funds policy!

President Barack Obama on Friday quietly ended the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the option....

Obama has spent his first days in office aggressively signing executive orders reversing Bush administration policies on issues ranging from foreign policy to government operations.

^_^ HURRAH!

Now check out this cool video that was posted on WTF_Nature this morning. The gladiator spider! It's amazing, here's what she does: She spins a web and then she back-combs it so that it's fuzzy and really flexible. She makes it into a teeny little rectangle and then she adds cross-netting so it's a little net. Then she snips it free from the rest of her web, holds it in her forelegs while she's suspended head-down, and then when a bug goes under her, she throws the net over him! Watch:

Hmmm, yes, a tiny net is a death sentence. It's a net, and it's tiny!

/Master Betty

My favorite part is when she measures how far she is from the ground. Isn't that amazing?

Two tests tomorrow. Back to studying! Umm, after I call my friend. :)