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Getting Annoyed at Your Noisy Neighbor? Spiders Are, Too. New Research Finds They’ll Build Webs Differently in Loud Conditions
In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders ...
Earth.com7d
Spiders adapt their webs to filter out human-made noise
The researchers found that funnel-weaving spiders alter how their silk webs transmit vibrations in response to local noise.
The art of animal architecture
To prevent the eggs or chicks from falling out and to let the parents breed in peace, a slanted entrance tunnel is added to ...
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Fungus-infected "zombie spiders" found in Irish caves
The fungus favours man-made habitats like culverts, tunnels and cellars ... orb or circular web-weaving cave spiders that favour dark, damp places. Dr Evans' team's work has been published ...
The Scientist2y
Spiders Catapult Themselves to Avoid Becoming Their Mate’s Meal
View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Certain orb-weaving spiders have developed a catapult-like mechanism to spring to safety and avoid sexual cannibalism, an international research ...