{
  "id": 16051100,
  "title": "Predator sounds disrupt visual attention in jumping spiders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/predator-sounds-disrupt-visual-attention-in-jumping-spiders",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.21.760757v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Perception in one sensory modality can influence not only what animals attend to in another, but also whether animals increase their vigilance or remain engaged with ongoing sensory stimuli at all. Jumping spiders (Salticidae) are highly visual animals, but they are also alert to auditory cues. Previous work has shown that jumping spiders respond to the sound of the wingbeats of wasps, a…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}