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Having trouble viewing the video but what's blowing my mind right now is that in the picture I see, it has created a decoy with 8 legs. How does it know??
by skc 14y ago
Having trouble viewing the video but what's blowing my mind right now is that in the picture I see, it has created a decoy with 8 legs. How does it know??
- robotresearcher 14y agoThe writer/editor chose that picture. Scroll down and there's a 5-legged decoy. It's still cool, but they chose the most impressive picture to lead with.
- skc 14y agoAh yes. Though I guess the spider could argue it isn't done sculpting yet.
- takluyver 14y agoLooks like it. If one clicks through to the blog post, there are photos of two more decoys, both with <8 legs. But I guess most predators don't stop to count legs, so the evolutionary pressure for better decoys isn't that high.