Do spiders remember u?

While studies have shown that spiders are very intelligent creatures, they still have very small brains with a limited amount of space to carry out tasks and think. You do not hold a special place in that brain and hence a spider will not remember you.

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Can a spider remember me?

Spiders most likely do not remember your face. Spiders have poor eyesight, and cannot see enough detail to be able to recognize your face in the first place. Some spiders, like jumping spiders, have excellent vision but still will not remember you due a natural lack of necessity to recognize faces.

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Do spiders have a memory?

They found that not only did the spiders remember they caught something, but they also remembered features of the prey and the quantity of it. Memory in tiny creatures was long thought to be a hardwired behavior that didn't require much mental capacity.

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Can you befriend a spider?

Is it possible to bond with a spider? Spiders do have feelings, but unlike a dog or a cat, they won't bond with you. In fact, they likely won't even recognize you. They simply aren't hardwired to be companions to humans and should never be bought at pet stores, online, or anywhere else.

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Can spiders show affection?

While not usually considered paragons of tender, familial love, some spiders do have a touchy-feely side. Scientists have discovered two arachnids that caress their young and snuggle together. While not usually considered paragons of tender, familial love, some spiders do have a touchy-feely side.

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Even without ears, jumping spiders can hear you

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Can spiders get attached to humans?

Spiders do have feelings, but unlike a dog or a cat, they won't bond with you. In fact, they likely won't even recognize you. They simply aren't hardwired to be companions to humans and should never be bought at pet stores, online, or anywhere else.

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Do spiders have interest in humans?

No, spiders never actively attack people. Spiders have no interest in humans most of the time, and will usually ignore us or consider us part of the landscape (if they notice we're there at all). Sometimes when we get too close or disturb them, they treat us like they would treat any predator.

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Should you crush a spider?

But Matt Bertone, an entomologist at North Carolina State University, says spiders are an important part of our indoor ecosystem and rarely a danger to humans — so it's best to just leave them alone.

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What makes spiders attracted to humans?

Even the smallest amount of food can attract insects such as rodents or spiders. While human food is not in their natural food chain, spiders are easily attracted to human food scents. Also, the insects that spiders eat seek out your crumbs.

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Do spiders get lonely?

New research published in PLOS Biology found that adult spiders seem to forget how to behave with each other after being alone too long, which causes them to become aggressive. Baby spiders like to mingle, but adult spiders tend to eat each other.

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Can spiders be scared to death?

Over 21 days, the itty bitty spiders that were constantly exposed to hints of a predator stopped eating, lost weight and, finally, gave up the ghost. Persons was surprised to find that spiders can be scared to death "even when the predator isn't present!"

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Can spiders hypnotize you?

Male spiders can “hypnotize” female spiders

“It causes the female to enter a passive trance-like state. So to us it looks almost as if she's been knocked out. It's not clear whether it's her decision to become passive, or whether this male pheromone is causing her to to enter that trance.

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Does killing spiders attract more?

No, dead spiders won't attract other spiders. At least not directly, but it might indirectly as their carcass can turn into food for other insects and attract other spiders to eat said insects.

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Can spiders hear you talk?

The team has started testing the hearing of other species, such as fishing and wolf spiders, all of which seem to have a similar ability. “Spiders can hear humans talking and walking, which is within the audible range,” says Menda.

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Can spiders sense your fear?

While the theory is unproven, it is likely that spiders can detect human fear. However, there are only few studies about this topic and it is not yet known for certain. Different animals have sensory organs that are able to identify different stimuli.

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Do spiders listen to you?

Spiders don't have ears like we do, and many have poor eyesight. But they can sense vibrations, like those that happen when an unlucky insect touches their webs. And instead of eardrums, spiders hear using tiny, sensitive hairs that move in response to sounds.

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Why are humans so afraid of spiders?

We found that perceived fear and disgust of spiders were triggered predominantly by enlarged chelicerae, enlarged abdomen, and the presence of body hair. Longer legs were associated with perceived fear as well; however, the presence of two eyes did not produce any statistical significance in terms of fear.

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What smells do spiders love?

The stinky smell of sweaty socks might repulse humans, but scientists now find it enthralls mosquitoes and spiders. The odor apparently helps the creatures hunt down their victims — the mosquitoes want to feed on people, while the spiders prefer to devour the mosquitoes.

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Do spiders like hot or cold rooms?

Spiders are not attracted to heat and can live quite comfortably in a wide temperature range. Most spiders prefer temperatures hovering around 70 degrees.

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Is it cruel to drown a spider?

What about drowning the spider? That's pretty cruel: it can take spiders over an hour to drown. No, the best way to kill a spider, says Real Clear Science, is not with fire or water, but with ice.

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Do spiders release babies when killed?

Experts warn that squashing a wolf spider may not be enough of a blow to kill all of her young. Or as pest control company Terminix puts it, if the spider you stomp on happens to be a female, the impact could release hundreds of spiderlings in your home.

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Do spiders feel pain when smashed?

They don't feel 'pain,' but may feel irritation and probably can sense if they are damaged. Even so, they certainly cannot suffer because they don't have emotions.

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Will spiders bite you for no reason?

Spiders rarely bite people. When they do, it's usually in self-defense because they're being crushed by a human. Usually, their venom (like a poison) is not strong enough to hurt humans. So spider bites usually go unnoticed, or they may look like any other bug bite.

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What is the most intelligent spider?

Portia fimbriata, known as the Fringed Jumping Spider or often just as Portia is renowned as the world's most intelligent spider. It is a spider hunter which modifies its hunting strategies and learns from situations as it encounters them.

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How intelligent are spiders?

When tested with larger quantities, the spiders didn't distinguish between three or higher, lumping them all into one category of “many.” Although spiders can't literally count one-two-three, the research suggests some jumping spiders have a sense of numbers roughly equivalent to that of 1-year-old humans.

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