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SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub We’re on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 25-10-22Why do spiders have 8 eyes? It’s a seemingly simple question with a surprisingly complex answer. We’ll be hanging out with some jumping spiders (the cutest of all spiders) and some jumping spider researchers to investigate how a thumbnail-sized creature with a poppy seed-sized brain ended up evolving some of the most advanced eyes in the animal kingdom, overcoming a few limitations of physics in the process. We’ll watch as scientists study these spiders in a special eye tracking machine and learn how having 8 eyes instead of two gives these elite predators almost 360˚ vision and almost hawk-level depth perception and resolution.References: https://sites.google.com/view/how-jumping-spiders-see/homeBig thanks to:Dr. Beth Jakob and Alex Winsor - UMass Amherst http://ejakob.popslice.com/Dr. Nathan Morehouse and lab - University of Cincinnati https://homepages.uc.edu/~morehonn/Additional footage credits:Spider retinal movements - Daniel ZurekSpider courtship videos - Daniel Zurek, Sebastian Echeverri, and Nathan Morehouse (Morehouse Lab, University of Cincinnati)-----------High fives to all our Brain Trust Patrons:NullBlox.ZachryWilsnpaul andre bouisMark LittlehaleAli FreiburgerMehdi DamouBarbora BeiKen BoardAttila PixBurt HumburgRoy Lasrisdani bowmanDavid JohnstonSalih ArslanBaerbel WinklerRobert YoungEric MeerDustinKaren HaskellJoin us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
