"Honey, I think the Salticidae's motor broke when we took it over the mountains last week. It's been making funny noises whenever I try to start it up." "That's no good. Better call Beth over to take a look at it." "But I think she said she's on that centipede march across Idaho this month." "Blast. Well, get the yellow pages. We'll be needing an Arachnochanic."
This is actually sorta typical spider mating behavior. The way I've heard it is that the male spider dances the female into a sort of trance that indicates acceptance for the sex. Of course, the downside to being the guy here, is that if the lady doesn't like the dance....she could eat you.
So...jumping spiders basically go "check this out, I can make sounds like machinery and look completely hilarious yet dramatic while doing it, and so you should totally sleep with me"? Hm. That's actually sort of a persuasive argument.
You can get them to do a threat display by sliding the tip of your finger towards them. It's kind of cute, coming as it does from something where the order of magnitude in the scale difference is in the exponent rather than the base.
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Date: 2009-12-20 05:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-20 05:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-20 06:45 pm (UTC)"That's no good. Better call Beth over to take a look at it."
"But I think she said she's on that centipede march across Idaho this month."
"Blast. Well, get the yellow pages. We'll be needing an Arachnochanic."
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Date: 2009-12-20 07:01 pm (UTC)>.>
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Date: 2009-12-20 10:08 pm (UTC)"The specimen pin sticking out of her forehead wasn't a clue...?"
"I thought she was into S&M, OK?!"
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Date: 2009-12-20 10:43 pm (UTC)Also, why is it that other species get to instinctualy know what turns on the opposite sex? No fair.
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Date: 2009-12-22 06:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-21 01:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-21 02:53 am (UTC)You can get them to do a threat display by sliding the tip of your finger towards them. It's kind of cute, coming as it does from something where the order of magnitude in the scale difference is in the exponent rather than the base.
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Date: 2009-12-21 03:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-21 08:26 am (UTC)Oh yeah, the Aphex Twin Spider.
That's pretty cool.
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Date: 2009-12-21 11:49 am (UTC)