Spider webs can be fine-tuned for vibration frequency in a manner compared to tuning a guitar string.
Sources
- What scientists are learning from the strangest spider webs on Earth (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.science.org/content/article/spiders-spin-sonically-tuned-webs (science.org)
- https://www.npr.org/transcripts/319179807 (npr.org)
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