Spider

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Creator

Seonglae Cho

Created

Created

2021 Nov 1 10:52

Editor

Editor

Seonglae Cho

Edited

Edited

2023 Jul 29 14:49

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Ballooning Spider

Spider uses film of air to hide underwater for over half an hour

Last year, we heard how anole lizards are able to breathe underwater from an air bubble on their nose. One of the scientists involved in that study has now documented a spider doing something similar - although the bubble covers its whole body.

Spider uses film of air to hide underwater for over half an hour

https://newatlas.com/biology/spider-air-film-underwater

Spider uses film of air to hide underwater for over half an hour

Spiders are much smarter than you think

People tend to associate intelligence with brain size. And as a general guideline, this makes sense: more brain cells, more mental capabilities. Humans, and many of the other animals we've come to think of as unusually bright, such as chimpanzees and dolphins, all have large brains.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/spiders-are-much-smarter-than-you-think/

Spiders are much smarter than you think

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