• @[email protected]
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    251 year ago

    I think jumping spiders fit into the sapience category then. They’re known to learn different prey types and change their hunting strategies accordingly, even learning typical behaviour and being able to pick out sick/injured insects and figuring out they don’t need to go full stealth.

    They’ve even been observed to enter REM like dreaming states, where it’s assumed they process a lot of the visual information they picked up throughout the day.

    So basically every animal higher than the jumping spider might fit into the sapience category, which is kinda wild to think about

      • @[email protected]
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        101 year ago

        Jumping spiders are little dears, all of them are harmless to people and don’t spin webs. Very polite guys

          • Gloomy
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            31 year ago

            Look at it, it’s cuts as hell. (I’ll hide it behind a spoiler tag. A phobia is a phobia, after all)

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    • Miss Brainfarts
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      91 year ago

      Jumping spiders also seem to be genuinely curious about things. Anytime I want to take a photo of one, it stops, looks at the camera, jumps on it to check it out, and then leaves. Kinda like I’d take a look at a new product on display on a supermarket shelf