Who doesn't like repetition? Just look at our daily lives these days:
Wake up -> Get a panic attack when reading about the rise in covid cases -> Get ready to go to the grocery store -> Give a stink eye to anyone not wearing masks -> Buy groceries -> Disinfect the groceries and yourself by taking a shower in chlorine bleach -> Complain how news is making everyone sick -> Sleep -> Repeat.
Similarly, there are some birds who will do the same thing in a loop without getting bored or frustrated. Take the example of a Black Phoebe from the flycatcher family. These birds can be commonly found near water sources and parks. They have a distinct routine of sitting on a perch -> spotting a meal from the perch -> swoop in for the kill -> attempt to catch it -> return to perch -> repeat.
So the next time you pass by a Black Phoebe, ask if it has plans for the day and silently judge it while it brags about going shopping with its friends and watching Netflix at night. And then you can grin and think to yourself "Sure you do, sure you do... I know you have nowhere to be." Leave the scene by politely saying "It was nice to meet you!".
Anyways, one thing that I have noticed is how movies take liberties in showing insects and their behavior. Take the example of the classic Spiderman movie and how a radioactive spider bites Peter Parker and this guy goes around town slinging web. You see, if you have ever observed spiders closely, they don't eject silk from their legs, it's from an organ called the spinneret which is located in the abdomen.
Below is a sheet weaver spider spinning its web to entice its next meal.
Stand back kids, presenting "Webspinners".
Webspinners are slender looking insects which will use their forelegs to spin webs in the places they live.
Below is a webspinner walking towards Sony pictures to sue them for incorrectly portraying spiderman.
And this is the section on their forelegs which produce those strands of silk.
Oh, I forgot there is another trick, that this creature hides in plain sight and unleashes when the time is right.
You see, when it senses danger in front of it, it can back up in full speed to get away from danger.
I see...I doubt that can save us from aliens, maybe it can make a clean getaway if it ever chooses to rob an insect bank.
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