Do spiders cry?

Called stridulations, the shrill cries sound like squeaky leather and are made in response to the rhythmic squeezing actions of the male's genitalia from inside the female during sex.
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Do any spiders have emotions?

​​In Conclusion. ​​In short, biologically, spiders do experience feelings. Their neurons react to stimuli much like you and me; reactions that are reasonable for the situations that they're in. However, in terms of emotional feelings, the general consensus is that there isn't much.
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Can a spider hear you scream?

Spider sound: Spiders can hear you walking, talking and screaming.
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Do spiders make noises?

What noise does a spider make? Most spiders make no sounds at all, but a few arachnid species can produce noises. Many species of tarantula make a hissing sound and other spiders, like the wolf spider produce a 'purring' noise.
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Can spiders hear you talk?

“Spiders can hear humans talking and walking, which is within the audible range,” says Menda.
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Can spiders be friendly?

So is his tagline “friendly neighborhood”, because spiders are not friendly, well that is in terms of socializing, of course. They are isolated. They do not go out of their way to greet us, even if they are squatters in our homes. At best, they are indifferent, minding their own business and never wanting attention.
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Can 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 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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Can I drown a spider?

What about drowning the spider? That's pretty cruel: it can take spiders over an hour to drown. No, the best way to kill a spider, says Real Clear Science, is not with fire or water, but with ice.
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Do spiders talk?

Have you ever wondered how spiders find and communicate with each other? Like other animals and insects, spiders too, have their code of communication. They can send signals that only their fellow species can decode.
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Do spiders revenge?

No, spiders will not get revenge if you do something bad to it such as destroy its web, because it doesn't have an emotional capacity to do so. Revenge is a highly subjective act and very emotional, which is why it's rarely seen in animals other than humans.
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Do spiders sense human fear?

While the theory is unproven, it is likely that spiders can detect human fear.
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Why do spiders jump on you?

Spiders, whether venomous or not, don't usually bite unless provoked. If they feel threatened, they may try to defend themselves by biting or jumping at you.
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Do spiders remember you?

One of the most basic reasons a spider won't remember you is because it can't see you or your face, according to the Australian Museum. About half the spiders out there catch prey with webs. They don't need great eyesight, they just have to sit and wait for their prey to come to them.
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Can spiders feel sadness?

“It's unlikely that spiders, with their tiny brains, would have an emotional response analogous to the sadness that we'd feel when something we've built has been destroyed,” says Jerome S. Rovner, arachnid expert and co-author of Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance.
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Do spiders get scared?

Scientists have discovered that spiders are so scary, even other spiders are scared of them. New research published by the British Ecological Society put spiders in front of other spiders — and they were so scared, they jumped or ran away.
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Can a frozen spider come back to life?

Did this spider 'flash freeze', and like a good science fiction movie, pop back to life once it warmed up? Probably not… I think 'flash frozen' spiders probably won't survive. The literature generally suggests that spiders are not freeze tolerant.
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Does killing a spider attract more?

No, dead spiders won't attract other spiders. At least not directly, but it might indirectly as their carcass can turn into food for other insects and attract other spiders to eat said insects.
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Is it OK to flush a spider down the toilet?

Flushing Spiders Down The Toilet

You may think flushing spiders will kill them, but it can actually take an hour or a few for them to be fully submerged in water. They will eventually drown, but they will be living in your pipes for a while before this happens.
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Do spiders pee?

Spiders don't produce urine like we do, but produce uric acid, which doesn't dissolve in water and is a near-solid. Spiders have this alternate form of waste because they can't afford to lose as much water as we do.
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What animal has the loudest fart?

The effects of a hippo fart

At its flatulent finest, the hippo can dispense a daily deluge of smelling gases. Belonging to a group referred to as ruminant animals, which also includes Cape buffalo, hippos chew on grass then fart out methane. So every long hippo fart can potentially have an affect on climate.
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Are spiders eight eyes?

Spiders usually have eight eyes but few have good eyesight.

Some spiders have median eyes that can detect polarised light and they use this ability to navigate while hunting. However, for a few spiders, good vision is vital for hunting and capturing prey and for recognising mates and rivals.
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Can you train spiders?

Researchers at the University of Manchester have trained a regal jumping spider named “Kim” to leap on demand. It's the first time a spider has been successfully trained to jump. Unlike domesticated pets like dogs, spiders typically don't eat more than once a week.
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Why are humans so afraid of spiders?

Psychologists believe that one reason why people fear spiders is because of some direct experience with the arachnids instilled that fear in them. This is known as the “conditioning” view of arachnophobia. In 1991, Graham Davey at City University London ran a study to understand more about this view.
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How intelligent are spiders?

Although these tiny arachnids have brains that could literally fit on the head of a pin, the work of Cross and other scientists suggests that they have capabilities we'd have no problem hailing as signs of intelligence if exhibited by animals with much larger brains, like dogs or human toddlers.
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