This Jumping Spider Trains Itself to Kill | Deep Look

Regal jumping spiders train themselves from a young age to become masterful hunters. From the day they leave mom’s silk nest, the tiny spiderlings practice, practice, practice, using some of the best vision in the animal world, athletic leaps, sharp fangs and lethal venom. Is This Earth’s Most Important Climate Mystery? | Weathered    • The Entire Pacific SHOULD Be Warming, But ...   👉 JOIN our community on Patreon:   / deeplook   SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature Unseen: https://bit.ly/NatureUnseenSignUp SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/kqeddeep... DEEP LOOK is an ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED in San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See the unseen at the very edge of our visible world. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small. ---+ Find a transcript on KQED Science: https://www.kqed.org/science/1996631/... ---+ More great Deep Look episodes: 4 of the Deadliest Tiny Hunters We’ve Ever Filmed    • 4 of the Deadliest Tiny Hunters We've Ever...   Varroa Mites Are a Honeybee’s 8-Legged Nightmare    • Varroa Mites Are a Honeybee's 8-Legged Nig...   For These Tiny Spiders, It’s Sing or Get Served    • For These Tiny Spiders, It's Sing or Get S...   ---+ Shoutout! 🏆Congratulations🏆 to the following four fans on our Deep Look Community Tab for answering one of the two questions in our GIF challenge correctly! We asked what do baby jumping spiders eat during their first few weeks of life, while they're still in their mom's nest, and how do they learn to hunt. These four fans answered the second question correctly when they said that spiderlings learn to hunt through instinct. More specifically, they learn to hunt by training themselves, practicing on their own. None of our fans gave us the answer we were after when we asked what the spiderlings eat while they're still in the nest. They either eat nothing, or some of the yolk left over from when they were inside their eggs. @iguessilovenursing @AlyssaGeering @Ray-dc9vq @Regfife ---+ Thank you to our top Patreon supporters ($10+ per month)! Lily, Vinny, Izzy Altschuler H.M. Andrew Edgar Betancourt Levi Cai Jack Conklin David Deshpande Elizabeth Ann Ditz Stephanie Dole Jessica Duplechin Jamie Edwards Chris B Emrick Rachel Fenichel Kristy Folsom Susan Fuhs Daisuke Goto Elia Gourguechon-Buot Noreen Herrington Jessica Hiraoka Burt Humburg Jellyman Titania Juang Julia Ma Eric Marsh Carrie Mukaida Louis O'Neill Hank Poppe Cristen Rasmussen Karen Reynolds Mehdi Salarkia El Samuels Jeff Schumacher Darby Sullivan Wade Tregaskis Walter Tschinkel Oliver Wakeling Kristine Wee Roberta K Wright Brigitte Xia ---+ Follow Deep Look and KQED Science on social: TikTok:   / deeplookofficial   Patreon:   / deeplook   Instagram:   / kqedscience   Twitter/X:   / kqedscience   ---+ About KQED KQED, an NPR and PBS member station in San Francisco, serves Northern California and beyond with a public-supported alternative to commercial TV, radio and web media. Funding for Deep Look is provided in part by PBS Digital Studios and the members of KQED. #jumpingspider #deeplook