Spider Uses Its Web Like a Giant Engineered Ear

Bridge spiders "outsource" their hearing by building webs that double as acoustic arrays, allowing them to perceive sounds from great distances.

Spiders don't have ears, but their webs may function as 'Hearing' Aid. – Gaia Campus

The Guardian view on spiders: season of the web, Editorial

True Adventures of the Ultimate Spider-Hunter, About, Nature

Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving spider that uses its web as an auditory sensor

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5 Surprising Spider Superpowers – Aptive Environmental

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Learning to love spiders

Live Spider crawls out of a man's ear. Watch hair-raising video

Spider webs may act as most sensitive 'ears' in the known natural world

Biomimetics, Free Full-Text

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New study shows spiders use webs to hear

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Spiders can detect sound through their webs - The Washington Post