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If he wasn't so damned cute he'd have a real problem on his hands.

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Some jumping spiders show signs of thinking and planning while hunting their prey. More than thought possible before some studies. Nice picture.

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

They also appear to enter REM sleep! Excellent video on spider cognition:

https://youtu.be/_QF6kaOAuYg

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

They're learning....

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

tldr: YOU ARE PREY!!!!