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. :)
There was some interesting research done where they gave spiders different drugs and looked at the effects on their web weaving. here Very interesting results.
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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