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This is an article on the intelligence of jumping spiders and how they plan their approach for an attack and that they e.g. fake being a different animal or eve
by _Microft 4y ago
This is an article on the intelligence of jumping spiders and how they plan their approach for an attack and that they e.g. fake being a different animal or even a gust of wind to camouflage when they move through the web of another spider. Maybe you like that:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/spiders-are-much-smarter-than-you-think/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/spiders-are-much-sma...
- simonh 4y agoIt's interesting and sophisticated behaviour, but there are limits to what extent I'd characterise it as intelligent. I'm sure the spider has no concept of the animals it's mimicking, or that it's even mimicking an animal, or anything else. It might even be a stretch to describe their tactics as 'planned' in the human sense, as they're probably automatic responses to stimuli. They're still one of the most interesting and adept creatures we commonly encounter though.