Every time I read a new article about bees it makes me realize just how little we understand biological intelligence. Today’s find: bees can distinguish split-second flashes of light, revealing surprising timing abilities and advanced cognitive flexibility.
I just watched a great video on spider intelligence that discussed how insects and arthropods have a different biological pressure on their intelligence. Because exoskeletal animals can’t grow in size they have been limited in how big their brains can become, creating an increased evolutionary pressure to come up with more efficient ways to solve cognitive problems compared to larger animals. For instance jumping spiders peripheral eyes can send signals directly to the legs, skipping the brain entirely, to tell the spider to turn to the side to face prey.
That sounds really interesting! Do you remember where you saw it?
https://youtu.be/_QF6kaOAuYg
This guy’s whole channel focuses on spiders. This was the first vid of his I saw and I’m very impressed with the quality and depth of discussion!
Thank you!
If you like spiders, this guy has a passion for them and it’s absolutely infectious.
https://m.youtube.com/c/TheDarkDen/featuredv