Cebrennus rechenbergi, the spinning desert spider in Morocco's Erg Chebbi desert, has been discovered by researchers with a capability to jump 6.6 feet per second in order to escape from its predators. The spider was spotted for the first time by Ingo Rechenberg, a bionics expert at the Technical University of Berlin, five years back in Morocco.

Unique feature in the newly discovered spider is that it can also do back flips. By doing so, it doubles its speed of 3.3 feet per second to 6.6 feet per second.

Surprisingly, Peter Jäger, a taxonomist at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, said that if the spider can die if it jumps five to six times a day. Jager dubbed the spider as flic-flac because of its movement like gymnasts and can also do cartwheeling.

Cebrennus rechenbergi differs from similar species found in Tunisia and Algeria, by its unique mode of locomotion. The flic-flac movements of the spider allow it to become highly flexible and keep itself safe from predators.

The nocturnal Cebrennus rechenbergi lives in a tube-like structure it makes in the sand which is covered by sandy lid. The newly discovered species of spider loves to hunt only during night time. On being inspired by the incredible features of the spider, scientists have developed a robot with movement similar to that of Cebrennus rechenbergi.