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Do spiders dream? A new study suggests they do.

Summary by National Geographic

Jumping spiders rapidly move their eyes and twitch during rest, suggesting they have visual dreams, never before observed in arachnids.

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The Independent

Do spiders sleep? Study suggests they may snooze and dream like humans

Study finds limbs twitching and leg curling behaviours in baby spiders resting at night

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Do spiders sleep? Study suggests they may snooze like humans

NEW YORK (AP) — It's a question that keeps some scientists awake at night: Do spiders sleep? Daniela Roessler and her colleagues trained cameras on baby jumping spiders at night to find out. The footage showed patterns that looked a lot like sleep cycles: The spiders' legs twitched and parts of their eyes flickered.

2 years ago·United States

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Washington Times

New scientific study suggests some spiders enter sleep state similar to humans

A new scientific study suggests that some spiders are capable of a state similar to a human’s rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which allows us to dream.

2 years ago·United States

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New York Post

Spiders may experience REM sleep, study suggests

A new study suggests that spiders may experience sleep cycles similar to humans.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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The Toronto Star

Do spiders sleep? Study suggests they may snooze like humans

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a question that keeps some scientists awake at night: Do spiders sleep?

2 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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HuffPost

New Study Suggests Spiders Snooze Just Like Humans

Footage taken of baby jumping spiders showed patterns that looked a lot like sleep cycles: The spiders’ legs twitched and parts of their eyes flickered.

2 years ago·United States

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