In this this episode Hannah Hunter discusses how orb weaver spiders and ogre faced spiders make use of impressive sonic strategies to hunt. This season is all about “Animals and Sound” and was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast.
Featured:
- Time in the Field with Denise Herzing on The Animal Turn.
- Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving spider that uses its web as an auditory sensor by Jian Zhou et al.
- Ogre-Faced, Net-Casting Spiders Use Auditory Cues to Detect Airborne Prey by Jay A. Stafstrom et al.
Credits:
- Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host
- Hannah Hunter, co-host
- Christiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer
- Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)
- Gordon Clarke, bed music composer
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