Jumping spider

[Yerda]

I love this wee guy!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q3bgMaD8bA

After a minute or so you'd think the person with the laser pen would stop teasing it. Still, what a cool animal.

 

[Valjean]

Poor little spideee.
The person should at least toss him a fly when he's finished teasing him.:yes:

 

[Revoltingest]

Spiders are cool.
We should do more research on them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5fpY6-lPuo

 

[TJ73]

I wonder what it is about that light that attracted the spider. I can't imagine his prey would in any way resemble red light. hmmm interesting

 

[Yerda]

I wonder what it is about that light that attracted the spider. I can't imagine his prey would in any way resemble red light. hmmm interesting

Well, I've seen an Attenborough show where they demonstrated that a spider (of some jumping species, similar to this one) will choose an image of a mosquito that is reddened over one that is not. He showed them two pictures and it attacks the more red one. The explanation is that a reddened mosquito has just fed and is carrying a load of extra calories. From that persepctive a glowing red dot might look like a very fat and full mosquito.

What surprised me most was how responsive and determined the wee guy is.

 

[Yerda]

Spiders are cool.
We should do more research on them.

I love that video, I laughed like a total fool all the way through.

 

[Erebus]

Me and my brother used to call the zebra jumping spiders "teleporting spiders" as kids. When you touch them, they move so fast it looks like they've disappeared and reappeared nearby

 

[angellous_evangellous]

That's awesome. I didn't know that spiders did that.

 

[Klaufi_Wodensson]

The only reason is that it's a German Spider. They're different than most lol

 

[Nemo Hawkins]

I wonder what it is about that light that attracted the spider. I can't imagine his prey would in any way resemble red light. hmmm interesting

its all in the way it moves
the spider sees it as a threat and its trying to defend itself