Still Waters Posted April 9, 2015 #1 Share Posted April 9, 2015 A species of crab spider is able to slowly change its color to match its background when hunting, a rare ability in the animal kingdom, says a Ball State University professor. Gary Dodson, a Ball State biology professor, and Alissa Anderson, who graduated with a master's degree in 2012 from Ball State, were the first to measure the rate of color change in the whitebanded crab spider, an arachnid with the scientific name of Misumenoides formosipes. http://phys.org/news...er-species.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She-ra Posted April 9, 2015 #2 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Ack! My *DNA fear* kicked in when looking at the picture in this article Oh great...now we have stealth spiders blending in to their surroundings. That's *just* what we need 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Ford Posted April 9, 2015 #3 Share Posted April 9, 2015 "We also were able to document another surprising behavior for these spiders—that the males drink nectar..." Is a quote from the article, now that is also very amazing. I always thought ALL spider only ate insects or living creatures! So not one but TWO massive discoveries! I'm gonna have to keep an eye on spiders, I think they've been playing us like we are dummies all this time. They hiding things from us before they initiate their final plan! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She-ra Posted April 9, 2015 #4 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Oh that is cool! Thanks for pointing that our George Ford. And yes, they are plotting and preparing for world domination. I can tell. I can see it when I look into their many, many tiny little eyes jk jk jk jk! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KariW Posted April 9, 2015 #5 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Ack! My *DNA fear* kicked in when looking at the picture in this article Oh great...now we have stealth spiders blending in to their surroundings. That's *just* what we need ROTFLMAO!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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