Our results show that it's the third pair of legs that propels the splendid peacock spider into its impressive jumps. More information: Ajay Narendra et al, Sexual dimorphism in jump kinematics ...

Gravity-fighting Australian peacock spiders have been put through their paces in the name of science to understand how well ...

Males also do a sexy shimmy to dazzle the ladies. Measuring no bigger than 0.2 inches (0.5 centimeters), the sparklemuffin peacock spider is, arguably, one of the cutest spiders around.

they present a unique opportunity to identify sex-specific differences in jump kinematics. We studied the Australian splendid peacock spider (Maratus splendens) found both on the Macquarie ...

Our results show that it's the third pair of legs that propels the splendid peacock spider into its impressive jumps. A frame-by-frame view of the fastest known jump by a male splendid peacock spider.