Today in insect behavior Larry showed us videos of Jumping spider courtship behavior.
The males have very intricate courtship dances. There is been strong selection pressure for these dances to occur so the male can avoid being eaten.
Check out these cool videos!
Video 1
Video 2
Very cool. My own pet jumping spider, Steve, just escaped his little terrarium. I wrote about it in my own blog (http://www.clearwaterpublishing.com/alembic) I'm searching other blogs to see if he stowed away where he thought the writing might be better. Don't see him here (and it's unlikely he managed to get to Ohio from Colorado in two days) but I enjoyed your videos. Those guys have much better rhythm than I ever saw from Steve.
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