# Shake Your Silk-Maker: The Dance of the Peacock Spider

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 20, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040 "2014-09-20T20:16:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/1 "2014-09-20T20:16:18Z")

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[Peacock spider mating dance](http://www.sciencefriday.com/video/09/18/2014/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider.html).

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**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/2 "2014-09-21T17:52:35Z")

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How very cool! Thanks for posting it.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/3 "2014-09-21T18:24:59Z")

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Neat! It has long been my contention that jumping spiders are the coolest of all spiders. This just cements my feelings on the topic ( everyone should have a favorite spider ).

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**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/4 "2014-09-21T18:36:08Z")

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That made my morning.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/5 "2014-09-22T05:05:20Z")

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Whew! I’ll be in my bunk.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/6 "2014-09-22T15:06:58Z")

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That totally fucking rocked! Thanks **chiroptera**!

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/7 "2014-09-22T18:16:03Z")

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Ignorance fought. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/8 "2014-09-22T18:51:47Z")

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Great video.

I grew up on the east coast of Australia, and we used to see some of these varieties in the bush near my house.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/9 "2014-09-22T20:05:06Z")

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Here’s an especially cool video of the [Coastal Peacock Spider.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_yYC5r8xMI) I especially like the second half with the didgeridoo music. It really looks like a dancing witch doctor with a brightly colored mask.

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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-your-silk-maker-the-dance-of-the-peacock-spider/699040/10 "2014-09-22T20:39:17Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> Here’s an especially cool video of the [Coastal Peacock Spider.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_yYC5r8xMI) I especially like the second half with the didgeridoo music. It really looks like a dancing witch doctor with a brightly colored mask.

Oh, that was wonderful!

I’m very fond of spiders in general. For several weeks a [garden orb spider](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb-weaver_spider) had a giant web across my office window (outside) and each morning I’d amble over to see what she’d caught overnight.