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蜂_g_그A요場 (每__§琴:: Service) ^Scientists are 년fcuäylngび tire intricacies of the spider web to fiiLd^ out how iiumaiisf weave l^eir t)雄avioi、ga#eriis.
• orange ajid black garden Spider expresses its dikturbances with irregularities m its web ttiat require a digital computer to help analyze. Its tiny brain Is- 秦 put tüjäer th표 _$6nse amplified light waves 广 여倉 the laser^ to. probe its secret;?^ _
하政g dr垛gs ta a spiqfer cßii change the vgeometnc ^itteni of its web, Br. Charles 무V Reed 蹲Ä 馨.Pel魏,N. Wttt ©• the State University of 梦 orkj XJjystat^ Medical Center, Syra, ^u*se,; f^pörtecl here receivßsし The l&reads of the sgMer weB cross each ether at ToQ |)〇intsJ In tiie “catcMiiぎ’ are않 so tlie’ value of the computer in i3U|)ulatiiig lie. enormous number oi figures is easily seen.
A biölog^fe: sets 설 speeiai e^eriinmtSi #0 test has theori es about the braui and body func-| Mobs indicated by tlie irigu^esJ
For fxaniplei, whten; 우 froi鱗 ie찰 of:翁^ spider was; remövedi the 화많 ^erified that the oväü shape ?of( the web,was . not 섯ligiö藝_ biic -central aiigle^b^l ea^^’ÖglÄ iiTegulan
The las^: ;häps >prolu;Ge 페떡 nute lesions in r _e ^«pider^ brain, as a result of which distinct ©haKges in web proportions can.セe d^ctedi Because of tiie measurable behavior pattern of web-build-ing, the spider study could help in imderstandmg lnimaji behavior and disturbariGes m diseases 2ls weM as drug effects and injuries.
!The report was given at tlie annuaLvirieeting oi? the J^eciera-tion of American Societies for Expenm^atal Biology.