Spiders Vs. Dreamer RL

Does the spider, casting his web, know why he is doing it? Can he foresee the insects that will fall on it?

I am not an expert in RL, but casually reading the Dreamer paper… it seems like this is the premise for Dreamer intelligence: that long horizon tasks get solved thanks to latent imagination.

I don’t think that’s what animals are doing. I don’t think spiders are visualizing the future when laying the web in the perfect spot to catch insects…

But why I don’t think so? I don’t know… so what do you folks think?

I think they must be feeling some form of spider pleasure in anticipation. But they don’t know why.

Same as dogs when they sense tsunamis and don’t wanna go out. I don’t think they actually know a tsunami is coming. They just know something is wrong.

What do you think? I am really unsure of my thoughts.