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How do spiders weave a web? This has always been a topic of interest to many people
The weaving algorithm they established gave people a new understanding of this creature
Andrew Gordus, a behavioral biologist at Johns Hopkins University, said: “When my son and I went out bird watching, I became interested
"But it's even more surprising now, because the spider's brain is too small, and we don't know how this magical behavior happens
For centuries, spiders that blindly weave their webs by touch alone have been fascinating
The team led by Gordus studied an orb-weaver, a spider native to the western United States
First author Abel Corver said: "Even if you record a video, you need to track many legs of multiple spiders over a long period of time
They found that the web-forming behavior of all spiders is highly similar, so the researchers can predict where the spider is currently weaving just by observing the position of the legs
"Even though the final structure is slightly different, their rules for weaving the net are the same," Gordus said
In the future, researchers plan to use thinking-altering drugs to conduct experiments to determine which circuits in the spider's brain are responsible for the various stages of web weaving
"Spiders are fascinating," Corver said, "because its brain is built on the same basic blocks as our humans, this work can provide us with clues to better understand larger brain systems.
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Abel Corver, Nicholas Wilkerson, Jeremiah Miller, Andrew Gordus.
