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Hello and good day! Today we take a lot at another book series that I'm sure many of us are also familiar with: Harry Potter. I'm sure you can tell what's coming- the Patronuses!
Stag
Otter
Jack Russell Terrier
Horse
Swan
Doe
Hare
Lynx
Cat
Fox
Weasel
Boar
And I have just one spider picture, today, along with a video! This one's tiny- and I mean it. If you're the type that normally scrolls past quickly or adblocks them, then I'd ask that if you take a look at just one spider pic, then give this one a go. I promise it's not really very scary at all.
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Here we go! Now, I'm not too sure what species of jumping spider this is, exactly, but it's not very easy to see, is it? I know most of the pictures that I normally post are macro shots and offer good details on what spiders look like, but they also make the spiders look huge! The spider in this picture is much closer to how large the vast majority of jumping spiders that you might encounter in real life will look to you.
Just a note, though, if ever you intend on investigating them a little closer- jumping spiders are really, really curious. If you put a finger out to them, they will probably inspect it, take up a position like so. If you see a spider doing this and holding very still, it's preparing to jump onto you.
If you've ever wondered how a jumping spider judges the distance of its jumps so accurately, though, this video explains how! Here's an article on it. They're pretty unique in being the only known animals thus far to use a focusing/defocusing system (think of adjusting the lense in a camera to get things sharp at a particular distance and blury in the foreground and background) as their primary means of depth perception. I think it's pretty neat.
Stag
Otter
Jack Russell Terrier
Horse
Swan
Doe
Hare
Lynx
Cat
Fox
Weasel
Boar
And I have just one spider picture, today, along with a video! This one's tiny- and I mean it. If you're the type that normally scrolls past quickly or adblocks them, then I'd ask that if you take a look at just one spider pic, then give this one a go. I promise it's not really very scary at all.
source
Here we go! Now, I'm not too sure what species of jumping spider this is, exactly, but it's not very easy to see, is it? I know most of the pictures that I normally post are macro shots and offer good details on what spiders look like, but they also make the spiders look huge! The spider in this picture is much closer to how large the vast majority of jumping spiders that you might encounter in real life will look to you.
Just a note, though, if ever you intend on investigating them a little closer- jumping spiders are really, really curious. If you put a finger out to them, they will probably inspect it, take up a position like so. If you see a spider doing this and holding very still, it's preparing to jump onto you.
If you've ever wondered how a jumping spider judges the distance of its jumps so accurately, though, this video explains how! Here's an article on it. They're pretty unique in being the only known animals thus far to use a focusing/defocusing system (think of adjusting the lense in a camera to get things sharp at a particular distance and blury in the foreground and background) as their primary means of depth perception. I think it's pretty neat.
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