Jumping Spider vs. Bee | National Geographic

you’re about to meet the spider
equivalent of a stealthy jungle cat this
Virginian specimen is the jumping spider
and it packs a ton of skulking pouncing
killing firepower in its tiny body
here’s the victim this beef the jumping
spider locks onto the prey and begins
the remarkably sophisticated ritual of
capture the jumping spider contract fee
because of its eight pods
no matter where the bee is it’s on the
jumping spiders radar screen the spider
can’t move its eyes so it moves its body
to see two huge front eyes track the
kill even if the eyes can’t move the
retinas inside the eyes can see that
play of light and darkness is the spider
looking around the bee has a huge
mobility advantage but the spider is
craftier now if this were a slasher film
the audience would be screaming look out
the idea but the bee is oblivious the
spider gets into counts position it can
late 50 times its body length even
though it has no special muscles
the pounce has to be perfect in every
way
distance timing everything
mistakes in this battle couldn’t be
higher even the slightest false move by
the spider and the baby we administer
are crippling possibly even a deadly
state how do you like the stare into
these eyes with your life on the line
the spider got the jump on the beat and
now the bee is one honey of a prize for
the victorious spider