The Thoughts of a Spiderweb

The suggestion that some of a spider s thoughts happen in its web fits into a small but growing trend in discussions of animal cognition. Many animals interact with the world in certain complicated ways that don t rely on their brains. In some cases, they don t even use neurons. We have this romantic notion that big brains are good, but most animals don t work this way, said Ken Cheng, who studies animal behavior and information processing at Macquarie University in Australia.

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I like most creatures but spiders, not so much.