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@AnAutieAtUni @ShaulaEvans Oh, and this is a jumping spider too. It might not exactly be a "fun fact", but still…

Abhijit Menon-Sen (@amenonsen@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 video A pantropical jumping #spider (Plexippus paykulli) attacking its natural prey, the mouse cursor. (Before I started recording, it actually pounced downwards onto the screen from the top bezel.) #nature

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@AnAutieAtUni @ShaulaEvans As it happens, I was pointing to a tiny, delicate green-and-white jumping spider (most likely Epeus sp.) on a wooden railing just a few hours ago, and before I finished saying "look at this spider", it had hopped up on my finger, cool as you like. And after several seconds, I tapped lightly on the railing, and it hopped off again. Lovely.