They’re some of the cutest, too!
Well, yeah, that’s natural selection. The cute ones tend to have higher career salaries on average, so they are able to attract female spiders to mate with.
Goddamnit, even on a post about spiders we gotta bring in this incel shit?
I’m tired, boss.
It could not be more obviously a joke.
Why does every topic necessitate a joke about women wanting men with money?
WHY?
We’re talking about spiders ffs
Gold digger jokes aren’t even clever anymore, like at least have more creativity jesus christ
In fairness I would love a woman with money
My god shut the fuck up
If women as a rule preferred men with good personalities over men with a lot of money, then why would Elon Musk have so many kids?
Try being a broke man with a decent personality and then tell me where golddigger jokes come from, goddamn.
Or just go over to reddit dating advice and count how many times a woman explains to a guy that even though his looks and personality might be okay, if he’s making minimum wage then he’s not going to be viewed as a viable long-term partner…
Jumping spiders challenge a lot of we used to think about spiders. There are so many unique and amazing things about them, especially concerning their intelligence:
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And they’re so damn cute too
Most spiders just hang out in a web. But jumping spiders…it seems like there’s something going on in there. Like they’re figuring something out.
They are absolutely fascinating. Sure, I’m certain a lot of videos ham it up a bit because of the way they look around and do certain things but generally animals with that much visual acuity have a lot of processing power to deal with the info so its not a far stretch at all to imagine there is something more to their intelligence.
Spiders in the genus Portia show behaviour which is really fascinating, not only do they use their eyes to actively hunt but they ‘plan’ attack routes - they can see their prey, plan a route to get closer, which involves breaking line of sight for extended periods yet still remember where to go and where the prey was. They also exhibit strong learning traits and pattern recognition. Absolutely fascinating, and adorable, things. I really want to get a pet jumping spider, one of the big ones.
The only other spiders I know of who do anything similar are tarantula who I will note have a proto-brain but even they seem to be a bit more instinctual. Pretty neat that the little jumpers seem to be the smarter ones, either that or tarantula are simply far more cautious.
My (recently deceased) pet jumper really made me grasp that most animal life on Earth has a sense of self and desires beyond basic survival.
I mean, I knew these things as concepts before, some old study decades ago concluded that earthworms have characteristics of consciousness, if not full blown consciousness and self awareness, but there is a difference between reading about it, and experiencing it firsthand.
My spider absolutely loved sunsets. She had a particular spot in her enclosure that she would sit on, and watch the sunset every day. No reason for it beyond she liked to see it. Driven by purely biological needs, jumpers will either be hunting, hiding, or looking for a mate, but they exhibit “recreational” activities.
You can kind of communicate with a jumping spider too. They wiggle their chelicerae to communicate visually. I could put my fingers up near my mouth, and mimic the movements my spider would do. After a few repetitions, she would start to mimic me. I don’t thing any grand concepts were conveyed, but I’m pretty sure she was recognizing mimicry from something that was not a spider.
They’re really smart, and each one has their own personality, problem is, they don’t live very long. Her last day was a hard day to say the least.
We have a ladle meant to hold spoons on the stove while they’re not being used to stir. We had a jumping spider appear in it once… which means we didn’t use that for weeks. Only after we didn’t see it move for days did we realize he had died. Loved that lil guy. Now we can set our spoons down again, though.
All spiders are jumping spiders if you get scared enough. 😱
My mom, who was a huge arachnophobe, had a pet jumping spider living on her desk at work. Seeing my arachnophobic mother on good terms with one is the best PR jumping spiders could ask for.
Neat! Just finished a book about spiders, that despite being sci-fi, made me appreciate them more. Children of time, for those that want to check it out.
I too thought of Portia immediately on reading this headline!
Highly recommended book series
Reading them feels like going on an adventure
They also have the most amazing eyes in the animal kingdom. We’re pretty sure that they have depth perception based on the different refractive indices of light.
Which not only gives them depth perception, but depth perception using only a single eye.
As someone with arachnophobia, this is deeply troubling the information.
Seem very smart also.
been noticing more of them around here this year
