What's that? New study finds jumping spiders can hear more than you think
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 09:21
in Biology & Nature
While jumping spiders are known to have great vision, a new study proves for the first time that spiders can hear at a distance. A study describes how researchers used metal microelectrodes in a jumping spider's poppy-seed-sized brain to show that auditory neurons can sense far-field sounds, at distances up to 3 meters, or about 600 spider body lengths.