{"id":26336,"date":"2010-07-27T21:12:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T21:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/video-a-hairy-carpet-of-daddy-longlegs-fends-off-predators-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2010-07-27T21:12:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T21:12:46","slug":"video-a-hairy-carpet-of-daddy-longlegs-fends-off-predators-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/video-a-hairy-carpet-of-daddy-longlegs-fends-off-predators-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"Video: A Hairy Carpet of Daddy Longlegs Fends off Predators | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Look closely: This hairy, pulsating carpet is actually a group of harvestmen, an arachnid commonly known as daddy longlegs.<\/p><p>This aggregation of harvestmen helps fend off potential predators. When one of the arachnids senses danger, he moves his body up and down to create a vibration; a whole jiggling&nbsp;group of daddy longlegs <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu\/content.aspx?id=7439\">provides an even greater deterrent<\/a>.&nbsp;There&rsquo;s nothing quite&nbsp;like teamwork to make your skin crawl. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2010\/07\/27\/hairy-carpet-of-dadd.html\">Via Boingboing<\/a>:<\/p><p>Related content:<br>Discoblog: <a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Permanent Link: Spiders, Apparently Concerned About Nutrition, Eat Ants From the Head Down\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/2010\/05\/14\/spiders-apparently-concerned-about-nutrition-eat-ants-from-the-head-down\/\">Spiders, Apparently Concerned About Nutrition, Eat Ants From the Head Down<\/a><br>Discoblog: <a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Permanent Link: Egad! 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