Sputnik International
Science & Tech
October 22, 2022
As if the fact that some spiders are capable of jumping was not already frightening enough.
It turns out that jumping spiders might be able to distinguish between animate and inanimate objects, a 2021 Harvard Universiry study suggests.
This means that these spiders can basically tell when something is moving – an ability that was believed to be obtained by vertebrates only.
According to the research, spiders behaved differently when presented with objects that moved or remained in one position, and the ways they reacted indicated an ability to discern between them.