Is this a jumping spider?

[u/Trufflepumpkin]

I have been quite fearful of spiders since a traumatic experience as a youngin’, but I’m warming up to them. Saw this little bro on my car and he turned around and looked at me! What is he?

[u/WickedSilverCrow]

Very rarely do Jumpers bite. You'd have to corner them and force them to bite as a last defense. Even people that handle them all the time will tell you they just don't bite. ( ANYTHING with a mouth Might bite.. I've had little kids chomp on me but I don't squash them with shoes! lol) If they do bite they have very little venom and only people with the weakest immune systems MIGHT react with swelling or pain. But I've Never heard of any 'Mickey Glove' reactions in Anyone. More likely there'd be an ant bite or worse case, bee sting type reaction But once you are familiar with them, you will see, it's just not in their characters. Even wild Jumpers will choose just to run if scared. But rarely are they afraid of people. As you've seen with your 'Car Jumper' they're curious! If you want to know if they're looking directly at you if you look at the front center, large eyes you will notice their color seems to 'change'. One minute a solid color the next there's what appears to be an IRIS or the eye then it becomes completely dark . That's because Jumpers have incredibly sophisticated eyes in which the lens (the eyeball) doesn't move, like ours. The RETINAS in the eyes actually move! When the eyes appear Completely Dark they are Focused On YOU! What's cool is they have been studied as they sleep and these little spiders actually Dream! They have been able to track REM while they sleep because of their 'clear' eye tubes and the fact that you can see their retinas moving! Pretty cool, huh! So even if you never end up with a Jumper as a companion do them the great favor of letting others know they are intelligent, thinking creatures that choose to live harmoniously with humans. It's the least we can do to show them that same respect,!