Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream

Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by baal80spam on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:07AM (#32396286)

The real question is, do I want to know what do spiders dream about...?

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by thebigjewbowski on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:18AM (#32396363)

Kind of fun to think about, no?

I had a cellar spider that was hanging out by my outside door for about a week and he would seemingly wave when I walked in and out. I wonder if he ever dreamed of me.

I imagine their nightmares are probably about birds and centipedes.

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by McBeige on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:42AM (#32396540)

Adrian Chaikovsky's Children of Time explores similar topics. I recommend it, it's alright and the ideas are cool.

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by alistairSH on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:27AM (#32396923)

Solid book. The sequel (Children of Ruin) was pretty good too.

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by croon on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:15AM (#32396343)

Probably huge bipedal monsters hunting them and destroying their meticulously weaved webs.

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by dvh on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:30AM (#32396451)

Those pesky bread-cooking bipeds and their internal skeletons...

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by evelynsalt on Thursday August 11, 2022 @11:23PM (#32434415)

I shiver with fear at the thought of things moving using two legs. Eight legs good, two legs bad!

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by amelius on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:43AM (#32396556)

The same as we programmers dream about ... bugs.

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by tokai on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:53AM (#32396621)

Dunno, but i guess their sexual dreams are nightmares.

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by misja111 on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:10AM (#32396738)

Unless they are females

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by ben_w on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:07AM (#32399041)

Cataplectic sheep?

(Only thing I could think of that rhymed with electric and made more than literally zero sense).

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by pvaldes on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @12:42PM (#32400303)

Probably about flying, romance, gastronomy or children.

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Re:Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream by yarg on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @01:48AM (#32408176)

Flies with teeth, always the flies with teeth.

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