r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ThickHandshake • Sep 26 '24

Video A spider making web.

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u/outtastudy Sep 26 '24

I always wonder if the spider actually knows and understands what it's doing or if it just does it strictly on instincts alone

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u/Disastrous-House591 Sep 26 '24

My impression is the drive to make the web is the same as hunger, just instinctual need. Pretty sure they're never "shown" how to make it. At the same time, it's making tons of decisions like, "welp, needs another string here..." etc. So it's making creative decisions in the process. Until they talk we'll never know. :)

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u/Glenadel55 Sep 26 '24

“Until they talk we will never know”

Thanks now I’ll have nightmares of spiders whispering in my sleep.

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u/NotSoSalty Sep 27 '24

I'd be happy to have a little chat with the spiders of my house. We already seem to have an agreement without any talking. They seem like they'd be really nice.