I think jumping spiders fit into the sapience category then. They’re known to learn different prey types and change their hunting strategies accordingly, even learning typical behaviour and being able to pick out sick/injured insects and figuring out they don’t need to go full stealth.
They’ve even been observed to enter REM like dreaming states, where it’s assumed they process a lot of the visual information they picked up throughout the day.
So basically every animal higher than the jumping spider might fit into the sapience category, which is kinda wild to think about
Oh great, even more reason for me to be terrified of spiders
Jumping spiders are little dears, all of them are harmless to people and don’t spin webs. Very polite guys
Naw you’re fine. If you give it a chance you can even learn to find them cute.
Reeeeaaaaally doubt it
Look at it, it’s cuts as hell. (I’ll hide it behind a spoiler tag. A phobia is a phobia, after all)
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…Oh no that is a cute spood.
Jumping spiders also seem to be genuinely curious about things. Anytime I want to take a photo of one, it stops, looks at the camera, jumps on it to check it out, and then leaves. Kinda like I’d take a look at a new product on display on a supermarket shelf
