There's this fun little article here proposing the spider web as an external extension of intelligence for the spider: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-though

There's this fun little article here proposing the spider web as an external extension of intelligence for the spider: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-thoughts-of-a-spiderweb-20170523/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-thoughts-of-a-spiderweb-2... I think it's worth distinguishing intelligence from consciousness (and sentience).