Peruvian Spider Species Creates Decoys
Clyclosa spiders create decoys to fool predators.
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t2k3 • December 24, 2012 1:34 PM
hi there,
i hope no one mind my little question:
what is your opinion about blake2? And does the performance it’s provide punches any security holes in it? And whats about bruteforce-attacks?
just a thing I’m curios about ^^
merry Christmas!
lolz • December 24, 2012 2:27 PM
this spider is like the wizard of oz its minature yet creates a giant decoy with puppet strings.
Dirk Praet • December 26, 2012 6:48 PM
Similar behaviour can be observed in human politics where difficult-to-observe special interest groups create sock puppets with huge egos posing as representatives of the people.
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Aono Techie • December 24, 2012 1:31 PM
Hello,
Decoys have been used for a long time by humans to fool attackers. Who is copying whom ? Generally, nature has had a billion year head-start …