Jumping spiders have real spidey sense! Arachnids can ‘hear’ you moving from across a room

Jumping spiders, so-called because they leap when hunting, have some of the best vision among arthropods which they use for hunting and finding a mate.

Paul Shamble, who conducted the work at Cornell University and has since moved to Harvard, explained: ‘The sensory world of the tiny jumping spider was thought to be dominated by sight and tactile touch.

‘Surprisingly, we found that they also possess an acute sense of hearing.

‘They can hear sounds at distances much farther away than previously thought, even though they lack ears with the eardrums typical of most animals with long-distance hearing.’

The discovery was a ‘lucky accident’

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