The tardigrade is freaky
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| Wayne_Cowdrey |  | ... | 29-11-2015 @ 10:08 |
 Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22063 posts | When a spider constructs a web to fit its current surroundings (which is obviously variable) is any form of thought or decision making going on, or is the spider just following an in-built algorithm? Would 2 spiders in identical situations construct identical webs? | ||
| dannyboy73 |  | ... | 29-11-2015 @ 11:46 |
Mask it or Casket !! Member 4600, 8166 posts SQ 240, BP 162.5, DL 255657.5 kgs @ 90.5kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 29.11.2015 @ 11:47 AM by dannyboy73 No, they dont have brains, but they might just about have a small ganglia of neurons but a lot less than insects...insects, they do not have brains... just a cluster of neurons toward the head (ganglia not quiet a brain)Also, I think I remember the critter subject of this thread...only discoverd recently...part of the spider family and wait for it...they live on human eyelashes cool  Wayne_Cowdrey said:Do tiny creatures have any conscious awareness of their own existence? | ||
| dannyboy73 | | ... | 29-11-2015 @ 11:50 |
Mask it or Casket !! Member 4600, 8166 posts SQ 240, BP 162.5, DL 255657.5 kgs @ 90.5kgs UnEq | Sorry, I was thinking of Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis, both frequently referred to as eyelash mites...: | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey | | ... | 29-11-2015 @ 11:54 |
Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22063 posts | Fascinating stuff. I think of colonies of ants as maybe having a collective consciousness of some sort. | ||
| The_Lechamotive | | ... | 29-11-2015 @ 12:35 |
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