Re: Can any spiders be hypnotized? This is not a joke.

Date: Fri Nov 27 10:14:36 2009
Posted By: Elsa Cade, Science Education Instructor/entomologist
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 1254070735.Zo

Message:


I doubt it.  They might be attentive to certain movements and patterns, as they are hunters with 
good eyesight.  They may be trying to ascertain if there is a prey item moving. But "getting 
hypnotized" makes some intellectual claims about spiders not supported by any research.

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