I've seen spiderwebs of decidedly different design here than those I'm accustomed to. (This one's on the campus of Melbourne Uni, but I've noticed the same on my sister's Hills Hoist.) Doesn't seem quite as "rational" as our clockwork-like spiders (are spiders rational?), indeed it seems more of a hunter-gatherer approach. But it evidently does the trick, catching and holding what it needs to catch and hold, and can fill an opening of any shape with a web of uniform density.Saturday, October 07, 2006
Web
I've seen spiderwebs of decidedly different design here than those I'm accustomed to. (This one's on the campus of Melbourne Uni, but I've noticed the same on my sister's Hills Hoist.) Doesn't seem quite as "rational" as our clockwork-like spiders (are spiders rational?), indeed it seems more of a hunter-gatherer approach. But it evidently does the trick, catching and holding what it needs to catch and hold, and can fill an opening of any shape with a web of uniform density.
