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there is a thing called surface tension. Surface tention is the uneven forces acting on the particles on a surface of a liquid and this causes the water to act like a sort of thin film and therefor the spider can float.

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Only some Spiders are averse to water. Some can swim quite well and some even swim underwater.

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