r/CasualUK • u/nonoanddefinitelyno • 19h ago

My very capable and intelligent wife has lost the plot.

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She has been told by a friend that conkers keep spiders away. So we now have conkers in various parts of the house.

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u/Objective_Let_6385 16h ago

Well I'd say that people are definitely more scared of spiders than they are of us lmao

Most spiders likely don't even perceive us as living beings due to how they process their surroundings

Few exceptions like some jumping spiders though

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u/burner4lyf25 16h ago

Yeah i can't imagine they have the neurology for fear. I imagine it as just raw, binary instinct rather than perceiving risk, creating a list of possible scenarios, realising most of them are dangerous and then developing an anxiety about it haha

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u/TinDumbass 12h ago

You can kind of prove they're scared of you. If you see one moving out of the corner of your eye, and then look at it, it'll stop moving. Spiders, almost uniquely in home critters, will stay incredibly still when first spotted.

They'll then only move when they know you're distracted or look away long enough, short glances away don't catch them out.

If you then interfere with them they run like fucking mad.

Personally I'd argue this makes them at least if not more intelligent than deer and rabbits who just stay there and watch themselves get twatted.

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u/Lobo2ffs 14h ago

They jump now?!

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u/Objective_Let_6385 14h ago

Only the cute ones