Study: Jumping spiders have long-distance hearing
Joelle Harms
The saying goes, “to be a fly on the wall,” although flies don’t have ears. Jumping spiders don’t either, but what if they could actually hear you? A new study released in Current Biology reveals through neural recordings that jumping spiders’ (Salticidae) brains are capable of responding to sounds up to about 10 ft. away. Traditionally, the spiders’ reactions are thought […]
