Shake your silk-maker

Shake your silk-maker

Check out this great video of not only the Peacock Spider dance, but the music sound they make during the dance. Tune into Science Friday on NPR for more.

http://goo.gl/l9Qn8s

Here’s more about Peacock Spiders from   #ScienceSunday  

Peacock Spider, Maratus volans

https://plus.google.com/109783903175191665261/posts/Z7LurWsABBN

Peacock Spider – Rocking the Dance Floor with Risky Business

https://plus.google.com/109783903175191665261/posts/jmE9k6eBoKw

Dance of the Peacock Spider

https://plus.google.com/114601143134471609087/posts/79jfwV1cy6r

h/t Jeff Sayre 

Originally shared by Jeff Sayre

The Dance of the Peacock Spider

A fascinating 5.5 minute video segment on #sciencefriday  about Australia’s dancing male Peacock Spiders.

#nature   #science  

http://youtu.be/mq-r20mlGes

0 Comments

  1. Robert Moser
    September 22, 2014

    I’d seen them dance before, but never heard their sounds.  Neat!

    cc Selina Kyle , in case this didn’t come up on your feed.  Relevant to your interests.

    Reply
  2. Chad Haney
    September 22, 2014

    Robert Moser the sound really separates this video from the many other gifs and videos of the dancing in the wild.

    Reply
  3. Aaron Harper
    September 22, 2014

    Cannibalism…  Dinner and a show! XD

    Reply
  4. Eddie Yasi
    September 22, 2014

    I think Romeo Void might want to volunteer to work in this lab….

    Reply
  5. Eddie Yasi
    September 22, 2014

    I thought you might like SparkleMuffin…. 😉

    Reply
  6. Soner Büyükatalay
    May 25, 2015

    Müzik ve dans ile kadınların gözüne girmeye çalışan erkekler… 

    Reply

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