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Diogenesian
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Magnolias are so old that they're pollinated by be...
Are they? They are smarter than web-spinning spiders but I've never read anything suggesting they are smarter than bees.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn3357
datakan
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Obviously you can't give them an IQ test but all the data I've seen (and I am no expert here) shows they are possible the smartest arthropod out there. There are of course different species of jumping spider so mileage may vary.
neutronicus
3 months ago
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That’s definitely the premise Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time haha
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I've watched videos of them stalking prey and they seem extremely intelligent for their size. It's very impressive.
Bees' intelligence relies on them being a hive organism.
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