Its estimated the number of species of spiders exceeds that of known mammals. As with mammals, is it possible there are creatures among with a higher order of thinking?
Has spoken language, and the constructs of the written word, hampered our ability to communicate at other levels. Imagine what could be done, what could be built, if we could enlist their cooperation.
The Jumping Spider has extraordinary vision. They are reportedly able to see in color, with a near 360 degree field of vision.
Researchers hope that further study will reveal how Jumping Spider brains process visual images…
Scientists have described about 43,000 species of spiders, and Norman Platnick, the American Museum of Natural History’s “spiderman,” estimates that just as many remain to be discovered.
