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Was the spider’s web you found very intricate and shiny? Do you know that this could indicate several things about the spider and it’s apprehension of the environment around it?


Animals are known to use conspicuous visual signals too allure prey or deter predators. Using colors, glossiness, ornaments are some of the well known visual signals. Sometimes the colors are used to advertise to the predators about unpalatability or harmfulness. These signals may have a cost, for example metabolic expenditure and generating the color pigment. Visual signals used to attract prey could also land up attracting predators and thus involves a trade off based on the situation.