Introduction: The beautiful and magical Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the place where countless plateau creatures live, wild yaks, Tibetan antelopes, black-necked cranes, snow leopards, marmots, Tibetan hartebeests, white-lipped deer, wild donkeys, red mallard ducks, golden eagles, brown-headed gulls, vultures, spotted geese and so on can be seen here. Today I want to talk about a magical creature - the Himalayan jumping spider, a veritable high-altitude resident who has long lived in the Himalayas above 6700 meters above sea level.
In 1924, the explorers of the British Everest Expedition were the first to collect jumping spider samples, which were displayed in the British Museum of Natural History. Since then, the Himalayan jumping spider has begun to enter people's field of vision.
The family Aphididae is the largest family of spiders , with about 5,000 species worldwide. It is found all over the world and is more diverse in the tropics and subtropics. The jumping spider body is short and thick and slightly flat, and the foot is thick and strong, and it is good at jumping, hence the name.
You may think that these are all very commonplace, and it doesn't seem to be much magical. But there is no hurry, today we are going to talk about the Himalayan jumping spider, you may wish to think, in the Himalayas above 6700 meters above sea level, ice and snow cover, people spend a lot of effort and may not be able to reach the place, but there are still these creatures living here for a long time, in the concave and fissures on the slopes of Mount Everest, the dominant jumping spider, can not be described as a miracle!
In fact, the Himalayan jumping spider looks very cute up close, especially the two round and slippery eyes in front, black and dark, and it is quite beautiful. The 8 eyes are in 3 columns: the 1st column 4 eyes are on the vertical surface of the front of the cephalothorax, the middle two eyes (the anterior middle eye) are particularly large, and the eyes on both sides (the anterior side eye) are smaller and have a magnetic luster. The second column of eyes (posterior middle eye) is located on the front and back of the cephalothorax, which is quite small and is often partially blocked by hairs and is not easily visible. The 3rd column eye (posterior lateral eye) is often similar in size to the anterior eye.
Although the Himalayan jumping spider is small, they can live safely on the top of the mountain where the wind is howling, and they are the "highest survival height" in the animal kingdom.
In the documentary, it is introduced:
However, this magical little animal can live in the ice zone near the peak, which is the Himalayan jumping spider, which is the only animal on our planet that can live at such a high altitude for a long time. They enjoy the snowy world of Mount Everest, where they look for small jumping insects swept by the wind. Locals call this energetic little hunter "Flying Tiger".
Their legs and feet move like pistons and can bounce off to thirty times their own height, so they walk on thin ice on rocky ice sheets. (Editor: Wen Ping)
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