tomatoely@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Earth's electric field can make spiders propel into the air and fly across entire oceanswww.pbs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Earth's electric field can make spiders propel into the air and fly across entire oceanswww.pbs.orgtomatoely@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarejaredt@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat the fuck do they think is happening? “Wow, sure has been a long time since I started hurdling through fucking space”
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI doubt they have the brain capacity to think of much beyond “food/mate this direction.”
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSpiders have been proven to have enough intelligence to recognize other life forms that are both much smaller, and much larger than them. This is something that most other insects fail at. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/07/harvard-study-shows-that-jumping-spiders-can-identify-biological-motion/
What the fuck do they think is happening? “Wow, sure has been a long time since I started hurdling through fucking space”
I doubt they have the brain capacity to think of much beyond “food/mate this direction.”
Spiders have been proven to have enough intelligence to recognize other life forms that are both much smaller, and much larger than them. This is something that most other insects fail at.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/07/harvard-study-shows-that-jumping-spiders-can-identify-biological-motion/