Spiders Don't Have Ears, But They Can Still Hear You

Without eardrums, the world would be silent.

Orb-weaving spiders might physicallytunetheir spiderweb strings to zero-in on whichever tone they so desire.

Either way, perhaps it’s time we add “radio engineer” to the intriguing spider skillset.

Though this behavior has been witnessed in the past, it didn’t have much reasoning.

Before making any major claims, however, the researchers wanted to address one last caveat.

Ron Miles, a mechanical engineer at Binghamton University and co-author of the study,said in a statement.

“That’s a hard question to answer.”

In essence, this isolated the string vibration aspect from the actual, listenable sound aspect.

“If it works in nature, maybe we should have a closer look at it.”