Most land animals can jump, and, terrifyingly ... has examined the jumping ability of the Australian splendid peacock spider in great detail to better understand the unique semi-hydraulic ...

A male Peacock Spider Does a Crazy BootyShaking Dance to attract the female If you do not wish to wait jump to 238 ...

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 ...

Males also do a sexy shimmy to dazzle the ladies. Measuring no bigger than 0.2 inches (2.5 centimeters), the sparklemuffin ...

A miniature peacock spider with rainbow-iridescence. a) An adult male Maratus robinsoni. b) A M. robinsoni resting on a human fingernail: the spider is only ~?2.5?mm in size. The iridescent ...

The researchers trained the spider, which they nicknamed Kim, to jump different heights and distances on a manmade platform in a laboratory environment. Kim belongs to a species of jumping arachnid ...