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  2. Deinopidae - Wikipedia

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    The posterior median eyes have excellent night vision, allowing them to cast nets accurately in low-light conditions. These eyes are larger than the others, and sometimes makes these spiders appear to only have two eyes. Ogre-faced spiders are the best known genus in this family. The name refers to the perceived physical similarity to the ...

  3. Deinopis - Wikipedia

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    Deinopis, also known as net-casting spiders, gladiator spiders and ogre-faced spiders, [2] is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by W. S. MacLeay in 1839. [3] Its distribution is widely tropical and subtropical.

  4. Deinopis spinosa - Wikipedia

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    When prey approaches the spider, it lunges forward and captures the insect in its net. In order to capture prey flying above it the spider uses a backward striking motion. When prey is outside its field of vision this spider appears to use a sensory organ located on its front legs to sense to prey. This sensory organ is known as the metatarsal ...

  5. Martin Stevens (biologist) - Wikipedia

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    Stevens investigates the high energy costs of having well-developed senses. An interesting fact described concerns the nocturnal ogre-faced spider, from Australia, which has such large and sensitive eyes that it must break down its photoreceptors and membranes during the day and then regenerate them to hunt at night. [22]

  6. “Shrek’s mud-laden, moss-covered, murky-watered swamp is situated among the rolling hills of Scotland where guests can stay up late, swap stories, and eat like an ogre - because in the morning ...

  7. Sensory drive hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The sensory drive hypothesis is a hypothesis in population ecology that posits that when local environmental conditions differ between conspecific populations, communication systems will adapt to these conditions. [1]

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