Ogre-faced spiders don't have ears but they use sensitive "hearing" via their legs to cast a net on their prey from behind. 30 second vid at the link.

www.usatoday.com

Ogre-faced spiders don't have ears but they use sensitive "hearing" via their legs to cast a net on their prey from behind. 30 second vid at the link.

www.usatoday.com

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Earth@hexbear.netEnglish · 30 days ago

Ogre-faced spiders don't need ears to 'hear' their prey, study finds. These large-eyed nocturnal predators snag food out of the air.

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Ogre-faced, net-casting spiders (Deinopis spinosa)\u00a0use sensors in their legs to \

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