### id260586422 jumping spiders are the smartest spiders > Cross studies the behavior of jumping spiders, the undisputed champs of cognition among spiders. Although these tiny arachnids have brains that could literally fit on the head of a pin, the work of Cross and other scientists suggests that they have capabilities we’d have no problem hailing as signs of intelligence if exhibited by animals with much larger brains, like dogs or human toddlers. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fqd2tdnjww53c3aa01hd28c0) - [[Spiders are Much Smarter than You Think by Betsy Mason#id260586422 jumping spiders are the smartest spiders|View in Vault]]