Do spiders have brains? Do they have brain structure like ours with a prefrontal cortex and an amygdala?
Do spiders have thoughts?
>>2093277
no. they have a little bundle of nerves and that's it
>>2093288
There is this wonderful search engine called Google have you heard of it? It's meant to answer any and all questions like yours.
http://animalwise.org/2011/07/20/portia-queen-of-spiders/
>problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
>learning and adaptive behavior
Portias are fucking based.
>>2093362
pretty damn cute too
>b-baka
jumping spiders are very smart and have brains so big they spill into their legs
http://www.livescience.com/48442-jumping-spider-brain-science.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/111219-spiders-big-brains-bodies-legs-webs-animals-science/
>That’s what makes the Jumping Spiders of the Portia genus so incredibly unique. It doesn’t look like much and its brain is the size of a grain of salt, but it is capable of devising and executing remarkably complicated tactical strategies on the fly in order to lure out, subdue and devour other spiders. They will sit at the edge of another spider’s web and pluck the sticky lines in such a manner as to duplicate the vibrations of various insects struggling to free themselves from the web, until the poor fucker takes the bait and is tackled and subdued. They use their unimpressive looks and deceptively slow gait to lull other spiders into a state of false security, luring them close enough to whip out the blinding speed and paralyzing fangs. They will switch tactics at the drop of a hat if it looks like the spider won’t fall for it, and pull an entirely different avenue of attack directly out of their asses. They will use the motions of the wind to mask their movements on the ultra-sensitive webs of their prey.
>>2093471
>I watched footage of a Portia sitting at the edge of the web of a spider literally a hundred times its size, waiting patiently until it was distracted by a moth supper so that it could leap in and snatch the giant bastard’s tiny mate literally out from under its nose. They use different tactics for different spiders, which proves that not only are they obviously capable of discerning the species of their prey on sight (brain the size of a salt crystal, please remember that, very important, grain of salt-sized brain), but that the beautiful little bastards hold far more capacity for tactical madness than any other spider on earth, which usually has only one or two tricks that they use over and over and over. Moreover, laboratory tests have proven that they are actually capable of a rudimentary form of communication, using subtle, mechanical gestures with their front legs to spell out god-knows-what. Insect communication is not unheard of – termites, ants, bees, all the social bugs have long since learned how to pull it off, but spiders are generally solitary creatures that would not seem to have a need for such an adaptation. Portia may be steadily evolving to become social spiders.
>>2093473
>Let me paint you a quick little image here, of a completely possible future of Portia’s evolution.
>Imagine Portia becoming larger, its venom more powerful. Imagine that rudimentary communication advancing to become a fully-fledged insect language. Imagine their tactical skill sharpening to the point of being able to successfully hunt birds, lizards, mammals. Imagine a fast-moving beast with razor-sharp eyesight capable of launching itself distances equal to hundreds of times its body length that travels in organized raiding parties, each with unheard-of problem solving skills and the patience, determination and shitfire lethality of the Portia Jumping Spider. What you are imagining is an eight-legged ninja, an arachnid Velociraptor, the single most dangerous insect on the entire fucking planet. The above hypothetical situation is a paraphrase of the reports of an Australian entomologist, and a very, very, real possibility. Portia are tremendously successful spiders and they are quite literally on the evolutionary fast track. For now, to humans, they are utterly harmless.
>Emphasis on ‘for now.’
>It’s only a matter of time.
>>2093277
Yes
No
Yes
>>2093476
dun dun duuuhhnnnnn
>>2093362
TIL spiders have pupils
>>2094559
>what is camera reflection
>>2093476
> spider evolves, becomes dangerous to humans in the year x
> bites and kills human baby because it looks the most vulnerable
> entire world decides to fuck spiders right up the spinnerettes
> spiders die
> babbys are safe once more
>>2093476
Fucking awesome.
Then maybe I can finally get some spider bondage
>>2094559
camera lens reflection.
>>2094559
you didn't learn shit, Reddit
>>2093289
Dont be a cock
>>2094977
[spoiler]yes please[/spoiler]
>>2093277
Either way kill them immediately
>>2095203
Because it's a quote.
>>2093476
So a Zerg unit.
>>2095162
Nothing to do with being a cock.
With such a question it makes for a way more interesting discussion to do some basic research first and present results here to discuss them, instead of just opening with a showerthought.
