{"id":198738,"date":"2024-06-03T13:27:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=198738"},"modified":"2024-06-03T13:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:27:37","slug":"jumping-spiders-vision-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/03\/jumping-spiders-vision-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Jumping spiders\u2019 vision explained in viral video featuring <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_198739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198739\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders.jpg\" alt=\"small spider in a hand\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo credit: Day\u2019s Edge Productions <abbr>LLC<\/abbr> and Veritasium, <abbr>Inc.<\/abbr>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa professor is trending on YouTube for her explanation of how jumping spiders can help us understand colors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nfAqTSjMBJk\">See the YouTube video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/lifesciences\/\">School of Life Sciences<\/a> Professor Megan Porter is one of several scientists in the video by Veritasium. The video garnered more than one million views in just one day, and has racked up nearly two million views in just three days.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198740\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-porter-headshot-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person talking\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-porter-headshot-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-porter-headshot-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-porter-headshot.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Porter (Photo credit: Day\u2019s Edge Productions <abbr>LLC<\/abbr> and Veritasium, <abbr>Inc.<\/abbr>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I was amazed, but also delighted, that so many people were interested in understanding the science of color vision in jumping spiders,&rdquo; Porter said.<\/p>\n<p>Porter and a team of researchers are studying the world\u2019s six thousand jumping spider species to understand the evolution of color vision. Unlike most spiders, jumping spiders are active hunters, relying on a remarkable visual system to guide their attacks. They have eight eyes that are specialized for different tasks, with the large, forward-facing eyes providing extraordinary color and detail within a narrow visual field.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198742\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-porter-action-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person doing research in a forest\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-porter-action-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-porter-action-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-porter-action.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Porter (Photo credit: Day\u2019s Edge Productions <abbr>LLC<\/abbr> and Veritasium, <abbr>Inc.<\/abbr>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The video helps viewers understand colors by exploring the evolution, biological mechanisms, and diverse perception systems of color vision in jumping spiders, offering insights into the complexities of sensory perception across species.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jumping spiders, beyond being charismatic animals in their own right, are a fantastic example of all the different ways animals have evolved to achieve color vision,&rdquo; Porter said. &ldquo;The film does a phenomenal job of explaining the mechanisms of color vision and why studying the differences in how other animals detect color can lead to a better understanding of our own perception of the world around us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198744\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-pair-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two small spiders\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-pair-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-pair-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manoa-life-sciences-veritasium-jumping-spiders-pair.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo credit: Day\u2019s Edge Productions <abbr>LLC<\/abbr> and Veritasium, <abbr>Inc.<\/abbr>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The film was supported by a National Science Foundation (<abbr>NSF<\/abbr>) grant called &ldquo;Collaborative Research: Repeated Evolution of Color Vision in Jumping Spiders: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Diversification of Visual Systems and Signals.&rdquo; The <abbr>NSF<\/abbr> funding allowed the crew to film the research team\u2019s fieldwork in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and South Africa, along with lab work at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and other institutions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@veritasium\">Veritasium\u2019s YouTube page<\/a> has more than 15.7 million subscribers, and features engaging and informative videos on a wide range of scientific topics, aiming to explain complex concepts in an accessible and entertaining way.<\/p>\n<p>The School of Life Sciences is housed in <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/natsci.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Natural Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video helps viewers understand colors by exploring the evolution, biological mechanisms and diverse perception systems of color vision in jumping spiders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[254,308,1085,1363,568,1473,9,56],"class_list":["post-198738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-biology","tag-college-of-natural-sciences","tag-life-science","tag-manoa-research","tag-natural-science","tag-school-of-life-sciences","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198738"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198747,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198738\/revisions\/198747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}