### id260586519 Portia spiders are devious hunters > The jumping spiders shown to have the sharpest eyesight and the most impressive smarts belong to the genus *Portia*, found in Africa, Asia and Australia. These spiders prefer to hunt other spiders and have strategies tailored to each species they prey upon. Renowned University of Canterbury jumping spider researcher Robert Jackson has discovered that many of [*Portia*’s tactics are quite devious](https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.en.41.010196.001443). - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fqd2xx00hxxjvscq7ktycde8) - [[Spiders are Much Smarter than You Think by Betsy Mason#id260586519 Portia spiders are devious hunters|View in Vault]]