German research: Spiders will be stunned like humans, their legs are convulsive, their eyes are flashing

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Whether spiders will sleep are a question that makes many scientists curious. The latest American research shows that spiders may also be like humans. According to the Associated Press reported on the 8th, after noticing the spiders hanging in the experimental container at night, the biologist Dani Losler at the University of Constantz, Germany, decided to start researching this issue in depth. She and her colleagues used cameras to shoot young jumping spiders at night. The video showed that their status looked like sleeping: their legs were convulsive and their eyes were flashing. Researchers describe this state as "fast -moving the state of sleep". Fast eyes movement is a stage of human sleep. Some parts of the brain will be awakened and closely related to dreaming. Some birds and mammals have proven to experience rapid eye movement.

Rossler said that researchers still need to know whether the spider is really in a strict sleep state. This requires testing whether they respond slower to external stimuli, or do not respond at all. The results of the research were published in the "National Academy of Sciences" on the 8th, and some scholars were doubtful. Insect scientist Barrett Clein said that although he was very excited about the results of the research, there were still many shortcomings about rapid eye sleep sleep. (Gu Jindong)

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