[QUOTE=Hmn30;19255156]A just killed a spider :P
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Oh wait that's an arachnid nevermind[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29[/url]
[quote]Portia is a genus of jumping spider which feeds on other spiders (araneophagic). They are remarkable for their hunting behaviour which suggests they are capable of learning and problem solving, traits normally attributed to much larger animals.[/quote]
The spider actually learns to hunt specific spiders, fuck.
[quote]Laboratory studies show that Portia learns very quickly how to overcome web-building spiders that neither it nor its evolutionary ancestors would have met in the wild. Portia’s accurate visual recognition of potential prey is an important part of its hunting tactics. For example in one part of the Philippines local Portia spiders attack from the rear against the very dangerous spitting spiders, which themselves hunt jumping spiders. This appears to be an instinctive behavior, as laboratory-reared Portias of this species do this the first time they encounter a spitting spider. On the other hand they will use a head-on approach against spitting spiders that are carrying eggs. However experiments that pitted Portias against convincing artificial spiders with arbitrary but consistent behavior patterns showed that Portia’s instinctive tactics are only starting points for a trial-and-error approach from which these spiders learn very quickly. However they seem to be relatively slow "thinkers", which is not surprising as they solve tactical problems by using brains vastly smaller than mammalian predators'.Against other jumping spiders, which also have excellent vision, Portias may mimic fragments of leaf litter detritus. When close to biting range, Portias use different combat tactics against different prey spiders. On the other hand they simply stalk and rush unarmed prey such as flies, and also capture prey by means of sticky webs.[/quote]
I thought bugs didn't have brains, but that they just had little neural clusters.
[QUOTE=gnome;19265021]I thought bugs didn't have brains, but that they just had little neural clusters.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure if you're right or not, but if you are, brain isn't being used literally here, it's being used functionally. They both accomplish the same thing, so it's technically a brain even if it's just a neural cluster.
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Basically: Same difference.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;19255139]Synapses.[/QUOTE]
Those are between nerves, like in your finger.
Instead of killing tiny insects I shall capture them and form civilization.
Things like this are why I love honeybees.
This just means I have to kill more of those fuckers before they start taking over the world.
So we can geneticaly make our brains smarter and smaller and increase skull size to protect it?
yes!
[QUOTE=BlueSaint;19266652]So we can geneticaly make our brains smarter and smaller and increase skull size to protect it?
yes![/QUOTE]
Did you read the article? Brain size is still important, we need a larger brain in order to move larger muscles and shit. The bigger our body is the bigger our brain has to be to control it.
[QUOTE=BlueSaint;19266652]So we can geneticaly make our brains smarter and smaller and increase skull size to protect it?
yes![/QUOTE]
I guess the term "hard headed" will actually be literal.
[QUOTE=Amez;19266364]Instead of killing tiny insects I shall capture them and form civilization.[/QUOTE]
I will do this, but instead wire their brains to my CPU, then we shall pit my CPU with your civilization!
I can wire them together to form a computer. Crysis 2032 will be a piece of cake.
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