Deep Look

Is a Spider's Web a Part of Its Mind? (2020x16)

Air date: Sep 22, 2020

Orb weaver spiders build exquisite spiral webs not only to catch insects, but to extend their senses. Once they shrink-wrap their prey with silk, the nearly blind spiders can store them for later, and read their web's strands as a kind of memory map to guide them back.