Spectators gasped as skater and performer Lukasz Malewski missed a landing ramp and fell 20 feet to the arena floor during a stunt at the Flic Flac circus in Duisburg, Germany.

The incident happened in Duisburg, Germany when professional skater and performer Lukasz Malewski was doing a stunt at the Flic Flac circus.

The first scientific description of a species of flic-flac spider Through morphological examination, Dr. Peter Jäger was able to determine that the flic-flac spider really constitutes a new species.

A unique spider that somersaults down sand dunes through acrobatic flic-flac jumps has a new name, and its dexterity has inspired a model for a spider robot.

An alarmed flic-flac spider can tumble forward at a rate of 6.6 feet per second—twice as fast as its maximum walking speed. If pressed, it can even cartwheel uphill.