2006-11-07 10:30:15 · 12 answers · asked by hans j 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
also, do they improve their skills as they age?
2006-11-07 10:34:16 · update #1
All indications are that it's an instinctual behavior, not learned. Although there is evidence in a few studies that show they *do* learn to make better webs, and adapt to more difficult places to spin them, the more they make.
2006-11-07 10:36:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
How Do Spiders Spin Webs
2016-10-28 14:27:16 · answer #2 · answered by hanrahan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spiders do not learn to spin a web for the simple reason that they have nobody to learn from. Unlike many vertebrate species, where young animals observe their parents or other adult animals perform a particular action (i.e. lion cubs watching adults hunt or young chimpanzees watching adults dig for termites), spiders are on their own from the day they hatch. Most spiders spin their first webs without having ever observed the behavior in another animal - it just comes naturally to them, like breathing. Parenthetically, it is doubtful that a spider could learn a complex behavior given the simplicity of the ganglia that pass for its brain.
2006-11-07 11:06:55 · answer #3 · answered by sammy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Born with a Ability.
2006-11-08 04:00:44 · answer #4 · answered by DaRkAngeL XIII 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are born with the ability. Orb-weaving spiders are not good mommies. Young orb-weavers are on their own.
They get both better at webmaking with age, but not due to a gain in skill. It's only because the larger spider makes a larger web, which is able to bring in larger prey.
2006-11-07 11:33:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They attend 9 mos. of elementary education then are thrown into a hardcore 24 hrs. a day 7 day week of secondary education for another 6 mos. Then they can finally spin a web only after recieving a certificate through the mail otherwise they may face prison time.
2006-11-07 10:40:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all spiders are born with the ability. and yes they learn more as they age.
2006-11-07 11:05:29 · answer #7 · answered by castingcrowns fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
surely. no longer something extra relaxing than sitting on the porch with a tall iced tea, watch the solar set, and watch a splash barn spider come from in the back of the porch easy and spin her little internet. from time to time i visit even seize a continual crane fly and toss it in her internet. extra suitable than observing television.
2016-10-21 10:55:59 · answer #8 · answered by kreitzer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Born with with ability...
2006-11-07 10:34:08 · answer #9 · answered by Just Dreamin' 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are born with it, like humans are born to see, and feel.
2006-11-07 10:39:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋