ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
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It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
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It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.
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It is born knowing how to spin a web.
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It learns how to spin a web through observation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The spinning of the web by spiders is considered an instinctive behaviour as it will spin the same web at any given time and environment without being trained for the shape of web.
Detailed explanation-2: -An instinct is the ability of an animal to perform a behaviour the first time it is exposed to proper stimulus. The main reason spiders spin webs is to catch their food. When an insect, such as a fly, flies into a spider’s web, it gets stuck on the sticky threads.
Detailed explanation-3: -How do spiders learn to make such complex geometrical patterns? Making webs is instinctive for spiders, which means nobody has to teach them how to do it. They are born knowing how. When a spider begins a web, it releases a silk thread.
Detailed explanation-4: -How do spiders make their webs? Spiders have structures called spinnerets on their abdomen, usually on the underside to the rear. These are the silk-spinning organs. Different species have different numbers of spinnerets, but most have a cluster.
Detailed explanation-5: -Spider Physiology and Behaviour Spiders, having minute brains, were once considered simple, instinct-driven automatons, but research on spider biology is revealing increasing evidence of their cognitive abilities.