Do pet tarantulas grow to "love" or become "fond" of you?
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aktually, they are arachnids.
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Tarantular keeper for over a decade here.
No.
Yeah, I had a friend who kept a tarantula. It was a dick.
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aktually, they are arachnids.
The spiders are not insects, but in a war they would side with the insects.
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Yeah, I had a friend who kept a tarantula. It was a dick.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]It's really the other way around. You get to learn the personality of the spiders (and may become fond of them).
But yeah, some species are just like that. We had a bunch of Pterinochilus murinus or "OBTs" (orange bamboo tarantula ... but also orange bitey thing). They are nasty. Always on edge, no chill. Just feeding them was a pain because you had to open the enclosure and they would come at you.
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The spiders are not insects, but in a war they would side with the insects.
But would the insects want to side with them?
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Tarantulas are insects
You wanna fight?
They have the nervous system of a guitar amplifier.
I recommend this video. You can do amazing things with the nervous system of a guitar amplifier, it turns out.
That video first gave me the heebies and then shortly after gave me the jeebies.
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I’m not an expert, so take my findings with a grain of salt, but the current scientific consensus seems to be:
We don’t know.
Recent studies suggest that the behavior of spiders is more complex than previously thought. They show behavior that can’t be explained by simple automatisms, such as the development of hunting strategies depending on their prey.
Keep in mind that these findings do not indicate any capability to love or to grow fond of someone. But there is an ongoing discussion about whether invertebrates should be considered sentient.
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That video first gave me the heebies and then shortly after gave me the jeebies.
Sorry about that. Jumping spiders are pretty much as cute as it gets with spiders. But Portia isn't a looker amongst them. Have this one:
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No, but they're objectively the best pet.
Basically a walking plant who's bffs with a hole in the ground and hunts crickets by staying absolutely still until it's not. -
I’m not an expert, so take my findings with a grain of salt, but the current scientific consensus seems to be:
We don’t know.
Recent studies suggest that the behavior of spiders is more complex than previously thought. They show behavior that can’t be explained by simple automatisms, such as the development of hunting strategies depending on their prey.
Keep in mind that these findings do not indicate any capability to love or to grow fond of someone. But there is an ongoing discussion about whether invertebrates should be considered sentient.
They show behavior that can’t be explained by simple automatisms
This has been long debunked and is also obvious to anyone that even dabbled in Entomology or adjacent fields. There are certainly very complex behaviors at work. But if it qualifies as sentient is a philosophical debate and not one of arachnology.
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But would the insects want to side with them?
Only as long as their goals align.
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Only as long as their goals align.
I'm pretty sure a spider's only goal is eating insects.
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The spiders are not insects, but in a war they would side with the insects.
Is this a Bill Bailey reference?
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Is this a Bill Bailey reference?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I love Bill Bailey. I guess Insect Nation? I have to revisit the lyrics.
edit: not the guy you're replying to, but yes, that must be the reference!
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It's really the other way around. You get to learn the personality of the spiders (and may become fond of them).
But yeah, some species are just like that. We had a bunch of Pterinochilus murinus or "OBTs" (orange bamboo tarantula ... but also orange bitey thing). They are nasty. Always on edge, no chill. Just feeding them was a pain because you had to open the enclosure and they would come at you.
I knew it was a mistake to come in this thread.
You people are insane.
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I knew it was a mistake to come in this thread.
You people are insane.
I don't know what you mean
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Is this a Bill Bailey reference?
The locust squats upon the leaf, he's just bidin' his time...
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Tarantulas are insects ferchrissake... They have the nervous system of a guitar amplifier.
Bumblebees can do simple math problems and like to play, which happens to be one of the current (as far as I am aware) scientific signs of intelligence.
Just because its a bug doesn't mean its stupid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghws6YFsPJA
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It's really the other way around. You get to learn the personality of the spiders (and may become fond of them).
But yeah, some species are just like that. We had a bunch of Pterinochilus murinus or "OBTs" (orange bamboo tarantula ... but also orange bitey thing). They are nasty. Always on edge, no chill. Just feeding them was a pain because you had to open the enclosure and they would come at you.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]My orange biting teleporter escaped one night. She went back home quietly, but damn if I wasn't scared for the cat.
She wasn't too mean unless you opened her hut,Ya she was a little shit. -
It's really the other way around. You get to learn the personality of the spiders (and may become fond of them).
But yeah, some species are just like that. We had a bunch of Pterinochilus murinus or "OBTs" (orange bamboo tarantula ... but also orange bitey thing). They are nasty. Always on edge, no chill. Just feeding them was a pain because you had to open the enclosure and they would come at you.
You can tell they are spicy just from their looks.
