INKTOBER DAY 25: DANGEROUS

25. Oktober 2023  •  1 Minuten

With a hundred long and sensitive hair on every leg, the tiger wandering spider can tune in to the airflow around its body. They are tuned to the high frequencies produced by airborne insects, like a fly zooming towards the spider. The fly might be minuscule, but it still pushes air ahead of it.

(From Ed Yong’s An Immense World )

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