According to the NZ newspaper, just recently, scientists have discovered ten new weird and wondrous life forms. We were given a task to research one of these animals and gather information. One of the species caught my eye so I decided to research it.
Cebrennus Rechenbergi
(Cartwheeling Spider)
The Cebrennus Rechenbergi was discovered in the deserts of Morocco. Ingo Rechenberg is a scientist from Berlin who discovered this species on a trip to Morocco five years ago. It is native to the Erg Chebbi desert of southeastern Morocco. It spends most of it time hidden beneath rocks or inside its tubular sandhouse.
The arachnid was nicknamed the “flic-flac spider” for its gymnastic dexterity. The flic-flac is a gymnastic move. It inspired a group of scientists to create a creepy crawly robot. They named it “Tabbot.” They named tabbot after tabacha which means spider in the Berber language. Researchers officially named the flic-flac Cebrennus rechenbergi after Ingo Rechenberg. The founder of the cartwheeling spider.
After discovering this great spider, Ingo Rechenberg decided to take the spider with him to Germany and showed it to an arachnologist Peter Jager, who determined that the animal was a new species.
The Cebrennus Rechenbergi travel around sand at 6.5 feet per second. That’s two meters per second. It’s twice as fast as it’s walking speed.
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