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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: thedoc on 27/01/2012 08:42:30

Title: How do jumping spiders judge distances?
Post by: thedoc on 27/01/2012 08:42:30

To a jumping spider, the difference of a few millimetres can determine whether it gets to eat or not. So it should come as no surprise that these animals, which capture prey by deftly pouncing on it from a distance, have a very unusual depth-perception system...

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Title: Re: How do jumping spiders judge distances?
Post by: neilep on 27/01/2012 19:18:45

Forget all that....we all know they just use a retractable tape measure !

Title: Re: How do jumping spiders judge distances?
Post by: Don_1 on 28/01/2012 14:33:52

Quote from: neilep on 27/01/2012 19:18:45

Forget all that....we all know they just use a retractable tape measure !

Nonsense. I think they use a theodolite.

Title: Re: How do jumping spiders judge distances?
Post by: neilep on 28/01/2012 16:39:11

Quote from: Don_1 on 28/01/2012 14:33:52

Quote from: neilep on 27/01/2012 19:18:45

Forget all that....we all know they just use a retractable tape measure !

Nonsense. I think they use a theodolite.

Now that's just plain silly !!   [::)]