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Researchers find signs of intelligence among jumping spiders

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Re: Researchers find signs of intelligence among jumping spiders

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Post by RespectYourself »

Apocryphon wrote: post #91
RespectYourself wrote: post #85

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Same. It can get tiresome in CA though! I'll take widows over recluses any day. On the one occasion where I found an infestation too extensive to relocate (under almost every one of my outdoor chairs), I tried bug spray. Horrible. Thanks to CA's hysterical bans on everything, the spray is ineffective and merely tortures the spiders and often leaves them alive but maimed. I felt terrible. Never again.

Why resort to bug spray when citrus and other scents will repel them naturally?

It was too late to repel them. The chairs were rife with brown-widow nests.

Anyway, now I just blast these areas with a hose from time to time. Individual spiders I will relocate if they're in an area where people are likely to sit.

There's a tiny baby spider roosting in my oven hood right now. The two last evenings he has descended on a web to look around. I considered putting him outside, but it's too cold so I just let him return to his hiding place.

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Post by dewbrite »

rafaelero wrote: post #57
ChatGTP wrote: post #49

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Alan Watts used to say, it's ok to eat plants and animals, as long as when you cook them, you make something beautiful out of them to respect their sacrifice. It's the least you can do. I feel there is some truth to this. Eventually, your body will be consumed by insects.

I don't think those beings that were killed care about that.

IIRC Alan Watts believed that were are all one being, living every life in sequence, at different points in time. So you would at some point be the same chicken you slaughtered.

It's been many years, though, since I listened to him. And I was usually focused on other things. That may have been just a supposition on another point.

Re: Researchers find signs of intelligence among jumping spiders

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Post by jongjong »

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #186
jongjong wrote: post #105

I was bitten by a jumping spider when I was a child. I used to play with them, never had a problem and then one day for no reason, I got bitten.

I was bitten by a cat. Many, many times. I used to play with a cat as a child, never had a problem, and then one day, for no reason, I got bitten. And it happened again and again! No complaints, would grow up with a cat again.

Me too but it was only a nibble.

Re: Researchers find signs of intelligence among jumping spiders

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Post by 4ggr0 »

dleeftink wrote: post #184
4ggr0 wrote: post #174

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EDIT: I think blood sample is the wrong term, what I mean is blood count/work, where they take quite a bit of blood out of your arm. Not the small tests where they prick a finger. > I hope you are able to overcome your aversion Yeah, I hope so too. Thanks for the empathy. I've actually overcome my fear of vaccines. I can't sleep that well the night before and I'm still sweaty and stressed, but I know that it will jus…

Again, I completely understand. Something is taken from you, and the whole song and dance leading up to it can amplify the negative associations. You have agency in this situation and should inform and communicate your anxieties to any attending nurse or physician, possibly in advance. There are guidelines and support protocols in place exactly because of the strangeness some medical procedures invoke. At the same ti…

> Don't let the imprints of your childhood define you. There is much else to gain.

Very well said :) Appreciate it!

Re: Researchers find signs of intelligence among jumping spiders

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Post by AlexandrB »

CodewithBrown wrote: post #58
AlexandrB wrote: post #44

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Jumping spiders have definitely helped me get over arachnophobia a bit. They're just too cute to be afraid of.

How so?

They are small like another poster mentioned, but their big primary eyes and their behavior makes them seem a lot less threatening than other spiders as well. For example, if they notice you they tend to reposition themselves to get a better look at what you are. They are also pretty rare to find indoors, which means you're not likely to be surprised by them while brushing your teeth or taking a shower.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apWeH2f_uao

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