Cobwebs are popular decorations at Halloween time, but an experiment in which spiders were given psychoactive substances showed that it really affects their web spinning skills! The web below was spun under the influence of what?
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Research shows that psychoactive drugs like caffeine, LSD, amphetamine, marijuana, mescaline, IBMX etc. show adverse effects on many animals.
Spiders are known to build disordered webs when they are under the influence of most of the drugs.
Psychoactive drugs like amphetamine, mescaline, strychnine, LSD, and caffeine were known to have affected the size and shape of the web rather than the time when it is built. At lower doses, the webs were smaller with uneven radii, which became more disordered as the dose concentration increased.
The given above picture of the cobweb looks highly distorted. This is possible when the spider is exposed to Caffeine.
Spiders are known to build disordered webs when they are under the influence of most of the drugs.
Psychoactive drugs like amphetamine, mescaline, strychnine, LSD, and caffeine were known to have affected the size and shape of the web rather than the time when it is built. At lower doses, the webs were smaller with uneven radii, which became more disordered as the dose concentration increased.
The given above picture of the cobweb looks highly distorted. This is possible when the spider is exposed to Caffeine.
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