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Posted on: September 4, 2007 9:54 PM, by Dr. Joan Bushwell
This deserves to be highlighted. Hat tip to Lorri Talley (see comments in Orb Weaver entry).
I give you...
The Mating Dance of the Jumping Spider!
"I have the best pedipalps of them all! The very best. With my little dance, I will hypnotize you into wanting them. Yes, my darling, wanting them!"
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I assume you want a credit card number for Part II, because the video stopped right as the spider reached out to touch what I assume was a convincing dummy.
Anyone else count the number of beats on those pedipalps? I thought I saw a Fibonacci sequence developing ...
Okay, where's the _rest_ of this?
Please?
Posted by: Hank Roberts | September 5, 2007 12:15 AM
Seemed to me it got so excited it was climbing up whatever that is next door to the dummy instead of the dummy itself.
Whatever, a very cool display, cannot wait to try it on my next date.
Posted by: sailor | September 5, 2007 9:26 AM
You know it's traditional to preface such posts as NSFW, don't you?
Posted by: Warren | September 5, 2007 10:56 AM