New spider discovered

[richardhind1972]

I saw this on an Australian forum and thought it was interesting enough to share with everyone on here.
I don’t do spiders but found it fascinating
Peacock spider man discovers dazzling new species while searching for the 'Hokey Pokey'
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[richardhind1972]

Such amazing colours for a spider

[Ax01]

lol that is sooo kool! a spider that acts like a peacock and whatta cute name for it. if this spider were more plentiful, i'm sure invertebrate breeders and keepers would be all about it.

imma re-post one of the vids here:

[tttaylorrr]

so cool! turns out the guy studying these is color-blind, so he didn't even like the species at first!

On his quest to find the Hokey Pokey, he discovered another species which, because of his partial colour blindness, he wasn't initially too excited about.

"To me it looked very similar to ones I'd previously found," he says.

"But when I photographed it and posted some pictures online people absolutely raved about it, so I knew I'd found something quite exciting."
Dr Otto couldn't recognise the unique colours of Maratus unicup at first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTxB...ature=youtu.be

Similar to Maratus tortus, the newly named Maratus unicup male raises his arms and moves his colourful torso in a complex dance when trying to convince a female to mate.

Unlike with some other spiders, Dr Otto says he's never seen a female eat the male, and the dances are usually successful.

And it's this complex behaviour that holds the most interest for him.

"It's more than just colours for me, it's the way they behave, the dances."

EDIT: Ax01 beat me

EDIT2: just want to say, if any admins are reading this, i LOVE the video integration. love love love!

[tttaylorrr]

imma re-post one of the vids here:

did you watch all the way to the end?? what happened!? did the poor guy not get his chance? LOL

EDIT: this is spider 19; i watched spider 20 lol. spider 20 had to work so hard.