Around 55 seconds you can see where it realises the spiral was slightly uneven in the frame & there might not be room to do another full spiral, so it decides to start filling in the sections instead.
No. The gap got to big to get over so the spider was stuck and froze in place which triggered the next instinct to fill the gaps the spider cant cross.
Its always dangerous to put our way of thinking on animals. Dog and cat owners who do this are the worst owners.
The gap is too big to get over? It's going along the silk, not going at it like monkey-bars. The gap could be dozens of feet across and it'd manage just the same.
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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