DIDGERIDOO DANCE

This magnificent dance had me in fits of laughter, besides tempting me to join in. The music, which possibly came about after the choreography, is perfect.

That dance better be spectacular in the presence of the lady you are trying woo. She is giving you careful consideration. “Is he impressive enough to be the father of my children or shall I just have him for dinner?”

Talk of spiders gives most people the shivers. Dark, ugly, scary and scream come to mind. Not rainbow colours and fancy antenna-work.

For Jurgen Otto, the Australian entomologist, the study of rainbow spiders of the genus Maratus has taken him more than a decade.

“Typically, he collects the beautiful arachnids from the bush then drives them to his home in Sydney, where he photographs and records their mating dances in a dedicated “spider room.” He then returns them to the wild, sometimes a 28-hour round trip.”

So far 48 species have been studied and catalogued and another 16 are waiting to be studied.

Otto, besides being busy doing scientific research, enjoys giving his pet arachnids
fun names like hokey-pokey, sparklemuffin and skeletorus. 

Mmm!