Why orbweavers are most excellent...

[DonaldJ]

They use their webs as giant ears! Don't believe me? I read it on the internet so it must be true!

Spider Uses Its Web Like a Giant Engineered Ear

Bridge spiders "outsource" their hearing by building webs that double as acoustic arrays, allowing them to perceive sounds from great distances.

www.the-scientist.com

Happy New Year, Y'all.

 

[8 legged]

that´s not new and not the only species but thanx for the reading-stuff

 

[The Snark]

They use their webs as giant ears!

Not exactly ears since the entire arach class has no auditory faculties. But between the setae and the hypersensitivity of their legs - as seen in how they intricately manipulate their webs - they more than make up for it.