How Spiders Think Without a Big Brain

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Spiders are often treated as simple, instinct-driven animals. But some species can plan detours, remember prey after it disappears from view, detect patterns of movement, learn from experience, and use silk webs as incredibly sensitive extensions of their senses.

In this video, we explore the strange intelligence of spiders — especially jumping spiders like Portia, tiny hunters that can solve problems no one expects from an animal with such a small brain.

Maybe intelligence is not about having more brain.

Maybe it is about making every neuron count.

Sources and further reading:
Portia’s capacity to decide whether a detour is necessary;
Arthropod Intelligence? The Case for Portia;
Extended spider cognition;