Amazon spider discovered making decoys of itself to ward off predators

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Posted: 12/28/2012 8:09:43 AM EDT

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/19/amazon-spider-discovered-making-decoys-of-itself-to-ward-off-predators/

Interesting.

Not only was it building decoys, but it sounds like it was manipulating one like a puppet on strings. Very cool.

"Then
we got closer and realized it wasn’t a spider at all,” he said. "We
looked behind the decoy and lo and behold, we saw this little spider guy
shaking [his web] back and forth trying to act all tough. We realized
then that this is really something special.”

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:11:29 AM EDT

[#1]

When I read Amazon I was thinking amazon.com.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:12:59 AM EDT

[#2]

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When I read Amazon I was thinking amazon.com.

Me too...I thought this was about a web bot...

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:13:51 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:

Quoted:

When I read Amazon I was thinking amazon.com.

Me too...I thought this was about a web bot...

Oh, how far we have fallen.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:16:01 AM EDT

[#4]

Shelob developed a holoduke?

Yet another reason to burn it all to the ground.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:17:31 AM EDT

[#5]

should name him Zardoz.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:17:33 AM EDT

[#6]

A insect using tools of it own fabrication. Wow!

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:17:43 AM EDT

[#7]

Wait.

Spider is making decoys so when we nuke from orbit we will miss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:23:17 AM EDT

[#8]

What's scary is that it has the correct number of legs on the decoy.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:23:35 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
When I read Amazon I was thinking amazon.com.

I was hoping it was PRIME elligible.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:26:26 AM EDT

[#10]

That's pretty crazy.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:27:30 AM EDT

[#11]

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What's scary is that it has the correct number of legs on the decoy.

I know. I read that in the comments and it really got me thinking. Is it possible that this is just a fluke or are the spiders going all "Planet of the Apes" on us?

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:29:02 AM EDT

[#12]

Why is this place still there? I'm sure it would make lovely farm land.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:29:43 AM EDT

[#13]

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What's scary is that it has the correct number of legs on the decoy.

Can't be used for payment.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:29:43 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Quoted:
When I read Amazon I was thinking amazon.com.

Me too...I thought this was about a web bot...

Oh, how far we have fallen.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:31:22 AM EDT

[#15]

That is really cool.

Maybe someday we will be able to have a cup of coffee and talk politics with intelligent spiders.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:34:27 AM EDT

[#16]

That's pretty impressive. Constructing it and moving it to act as a decoy isn't something I'd have thought a spider would be "smart" enough to do.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:35:14 AM EDT

[#17]

GLG-20

Official Decoy

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:45:25 AM EDT

[#18]

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That is really cool.

Maybe someday we will be able to have a cup of coffee and talk politics with intelligent spiders.

God I hope not.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:46:45 AM EDT

[#19]

Spiders are alot smarter than some give credit for.
There was another spider that actually plucked on spiders webs to get the spider to run out and then it would attack.
Very smart.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:47:45 AM EDT

[#20]

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Quoted:
That is really cool.

Maybe someday we will be able to have a cup of coffee and talk politics with intelligent spiders.

God I hope not.

We could carry cans of RAID with us along with pepper spray and CCW's.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:51:26 AM EDT

[#21]

"Then we got closer and realized it wasn’t a spider at all,” he said.
"We looked behind the decoy and lo and behold, we saw this little spider
guy shaking [his web] back and forth trying to act all tough. We
realized then that this is really something special.”

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:51:26 AM EDT

[#22]

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What's scary is that it has the correct number of legs on the decoy.

Spiders that can count?

I, for one, welcome our new amazonian spider overlords.

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:55:00 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/28/2012 8:56:44 AM EDT

[#24]

I am somewhat frightened by the fact that spiders can be this smart. What's next?

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:57:07 AM EDT

[#25]

really cool

Posted: 12/28/2012 8:59:32 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
That is really cool.

Maybe someday we will be able to have a cup of coffee and talk politics with intelligent spiders.

If they get that intelligent, I don't think that we'll be around to discuss anything anymore.

Posted: 12/28/2012 9:00:31 AM EDT

[#27]

How can spiders me this smart and politicians be so dumb

Posted: 12/28/2012 9:09:01 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
That is really cool.

Maybe someday we will be able to have a cup of coffee and talk politics with intelligent spiders.

Yeah, sure.

Posted: 12/28/2012 9:12:25 AM EDT

[#29]

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How can spiders me this smart and politicians be so dumb

Politicians don't have any predators to worry about anymore. No danger of getting booted, means no reason to change.

Posted: 12/28/2012 9:16:11 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
I am somewhat frightened by the fact that spiders can be this smart. What's next?

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Posted: 12/28/2012 9:18:47 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I am somewhat frightened by the fact that spiders can be this smart. What's next?

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+1. When they start cross breeding with flying scorpions I'm outa here.

Posted: 12/28/2012 9:19:48 AM EDT

[#32]

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Quoted:

I am somewhat frightened by the fact that spiders can be this smart. What's next?

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+1. When they start cross breeding with flying scorpions I'm outa here.

I think you just wrote the plot for the next SciFi original movie.

Posted: 12/28/2012 10:00:06 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:
When I read Amazon I was thinking amazon.com.

I was hoping it was PRIME elligible.

I'm going to be epicly pissed if one of you fuckers ships one of these to my house.

Posted: 12/28/2012 11:45:53 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/28/2012 11:47:57 AM EDT

[#35]

Posted: 12/28/2012 11:49:11 AM EDT

[#36]

Deckard: She's a replicant, isn't she?

Tyrell: I'm impressed. How many questions does it usually take to spot them?

Posted: 12/28/2012 11:51:34 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

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What's scary is that it has the correct number of legs on the decoy.

I know. I read that in the comments and it really got me thinking. Is it possible that this is just a fluke or are the spiders going all "Planet of the Apes" on us?

NOVA said spiders will be the next master race of earth once humans go extinct.

Posted: 12/28/2012 11:57:05 AM EDT

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2008/11/11.7.davidthornespider.gif

Posted: 12/28/2012 12:20:18 PM EDT

[#39]

My spidey sense is tingling.

Posted: 12/28/2012 12:28:29 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
What's scary is that it has the correct number of legs on the decoy.

This....this is very scary.

Posted: 12/28/2012 12:34:57 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
I am somewhat frightened by the fact that spiders can be this smart. What's next?

It's worse than that- this is proof that spiders have been watching Total Recall

Posted: 12/28/2012 12:39:02 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

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What's scary is that it has the correct number of legs on the decoy.

This....this is very scary.

pretty wild...I remember reading a Nat Geo article about elephants' self-realization ability by testing them in front of mirrors with an X marked on their face...some would touch the mark on the mirror, the smart ones would touch the mark on their forehead. Not a lot of creatures can do that.

Posted: 12/28/2012 1:03:43 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
GLG-20

Official Decoy

Posted: 12/28/2012 1:10:02 PM EDT

[#44]

Posted: 12/28/2012 1:15:20 PM EDT

[#45]

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How can spiders me this smart and politicians be so dumb

Because humans have created an environment where the weak and dumb can thrive. Spiders on the other hand live and die by Darwinism.

Posted: 12/28/2012 1:22:19 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:

Quoted:
What's scary is that it has the correct number of legs on the decoy.

I know. I read that in the comments and it really got me thinking. Is it possible that this is just a fluke or are the spiders going all "Planet of the Apes" on us?

That's what struck me too. They talk about it not being a form of self-realization, but it's interesting that the legs are correct. Makes me wonder.