Monday, May 25, 2015

Able spiders sing songs and who can hear them? – Popular Mechanics

wolf spiders, which can be found in grassy meadows, bushes, among fallen leaves and under stones, deaf by nature. Nevertheless, despite the absence of an organ of hearing, they feel great hesitation and use this ability to communicate.

The biologists found that males wolf spider able to “play” the song on fallen leaves to attract the attention of females. Spider quickly banging paws dry sheet at different rates, creating a subtle vibration that wonderful feeling other spiders.

But the kind of wolf spider named Gladicosa gulosa knows how to deal with dry leaves so cleverly that in addition to vibration They also emit an audible sound. Of course, it is very quiet and you probably will not hear it on the background of other forest sounds, but the spider’s “Song” can be heard here.

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