Can spiders see out of all 8 eyes?

At least two of the spiders eight eyes can "see" objects, sort of like our eyes can, but not as well as our eyes can. The other 6 eyes sometimes are only light/dark detectors (but it depends on the type of spider). The spiders with the best eyes of all are the jumping spiders. They are common around Santa Barbara.
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How do spiders see with 8 eyes?

On each side of the spider's head is another pair of lower-resolution eyes. They let the spider watch what's happening behind it. Taken together, the eight eyes offer a nearly 360-degree view of the world. And that's a big advantage for a small animal that is both hunter and prey.
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Do spiders see with all their eyes?

For the most part, when spiders have more than two eyes, all their eyes are used for vision, but not all eyes see in the same way. Typically, the eyes most central to the spider's face are used to detect the size, shape and color of nearby objects, ScienceLine reports.
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Do spiders see 8 of everything?

Spiders usually have eight eyes but few have good eyesight.

Spiders usually have eight eyes (some have six or fewer), but few have good eyesight. They rely instead on touch, vibration and taste stimuli to navigate and find their prey.
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Do spiders need 8 eyes?

They usually have eight eyes: two very large front eyes to get a clear, colour image and judge distance, and extra side eyes to detect when something is moving.
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Do spiders watch you?

Jumping spiders are probably the only spiders that actually 'watch' you. This is due to their excellent vision. Other spiders like common house spiders, wolf spiders, and even tarantulas do not have good eyesight and probably cannot even see you if you are more than a few feet away.
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Can spiders have 12 eyes?

Most spiders have eight eyes.

Some have no eyes and others have as many as 12 eyes.
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Can spiders feel pain?

They don't feel 'pain,' but may feel irritation and probably can sense if they are damaged. Even so, they certainly cannot suffer because they don't have emotions.
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Why do spiders like bathrooms?

Like all animal species, spiders need water to survive. That's why they're drawn to your bathroom, especially during more arid times of the year, such as fall and winter. In an otherwise dry house, sometimes bathrooms are the only place to find moisture.
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What's the scariest spider in the world?

7 of the scariest spiders in existence
  1. The leggiest spider. ...
  2. The giant camel spider. ...
  3. Black widow. ...
  4. Jumping spiders. ...
  5. Six-eyed sand spider. ...
  6. Goliath bird-eating spider. ...
  7. Eyeless Kauai cave wolf spider.
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Do spiders have 360 vision?

The spiders' near-360-degree eyesight helps them spot prey and hunt. But while their two large front eyes, called anterior medial eyes, have high acuity, those eyes' field of vision is small.
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Can spiders hear?

Spiders don't have ears—generally a prerequisite for hearing. So, despite the vibration-sensing hairs and receptors on most arachnids' legs, scientists long thought spiders couldn't hear sound as it traveled through the air, but instead felt vibrations through surfaces.
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Do spiders have 100 eyes?

The number of eyes on spiders varies from zero to eight. While most spider species have 8 eyes, some spiders like Sinopoda Scurion have no eyes at all!
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What do spiders hate?

It's easy to keep spiders away using natural products. These eight-legged creatures hate the smell of citrus fruits such as lemons and oranges. They also don't like peppermint oils, tea tree oils, eucalyptus, and vinegar. Using any of these around your home will keep spiders away.
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Why are spiders so scary?

We found that perceived fear and disgust of spiders were triggered predominantly by enlarged chelicerae, enlarged abdomen, and the presence of body hair. Longer legs were associated with perceived fear as well; however, the presence of two eyes did not produce any statistical significance in terms of fear.
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Can spiders drown?

“Flushed spiders will drown if they end up submerged in the sewer,” Jerome Rovner, a member of the American Arachnological Society, told Real Clear Science. “However, the drowning process for a spider can take an hour or more, as they have an extremely low metabolic rate and thus a very low rate of oxygen consumption.”
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Do spiders poop and pee?

Spiders only have one hole for releasing waste. Both pee and poop are combined for a spider which comes out as one waste product from their anus. There is nothing like urine production taking place in a spider's body. There are special digestive organs that pass uric acid as a solid instead of a liquid.
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Do spiders mate for life?

Each male can consequently only mate twice in their entire lives, but, if they survive the first encounter (a female will usually eat the male if mating continues to long) they can then chose to either mate with her again or to find a different female to mate with.
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Do spiders fart?

Since the stercoral sac contains bacteria, which helps break down the spider's food, it seems likely that gas is produced during this process, and therefore there is certainly the possibility that spiders do fart.
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Do spiders feel love?

While not usually considered paragons of tender, familial love, some spiders do have a touchy-feely side. ? Scientists have discovered two arachnids that caress their young and snuggle together.
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Do spiders talk to each other?

Spiders do find and communicate with each other in a fascinating manner. They relay information by vibratory mechanisms and by pheromones. Although their communication system is complex, these critters understand the message relayed amongst themselves.
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Does spider have 20000 eyes?

Spiders usually have eight or fewer eyes (some have six or less). Most web building spiders can't see well, instead they can detect changes in light and dark, which relates to their photoperiod (day/night) cues for web building.
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Do ants have eyes?

Most ants have two large compound eyes. They have a set of simple eyes, which consist of many omatidia (eye facets) ocelli, which detect light and shadow. Ants also have two antennae they use to recognize their nest mates and detect enemies.
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Do any spiders have 10 eyes?

Spiders have very tiny waists compared to other arachnids. Spiders can have anywhere from zero to eight eyes, but most species have eight.
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