Peacock Spider
🔬 Animal Research Sheet

Peacock Spider

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📖 Read about me

The male peacock spider, smaller than a grain of rice, has a flap on its back covered in iridescent scales of electric blue, red, and orange. It raises the flap like a peacock's tail and performs a rhythmic leg-waving dance to court a female — who may eat him if she's unimpressed.

🌍 Where do I live? (my habitat)

⚡ What is my superpower?

🤯 One weird TRUE fact I learned

🔎 How do scientists KNOW this?

(Hint: look for clues in the facts — did they film it, measure it, or test it?)

✏️ Draw me!

❓ One question I still have

Wild Zoo Facts · https://wildzoofacts.com/animals/peacock-spider/ — read the full facts, watch the video, and check your answers.