Do pet tarantulas grow to "love" or become "fond" of you?
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Why dont they give aggression displays? Normally it would make evolutionary sense to try and scare threats off before you attack them
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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 love how these fuckers have a Wikipedia article that's like: "Yup. Their nickname sums it up. These are fucking motherfuckers that do nothing but look pretty. Do not touch them, do not keep them, they are just mean fuckers." And they stress that 'fucker' part like 4 times.
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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
same way that because someone has a brain, doesn't make them intelligent
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shit I'm not even sure if the cat who's been living with me forever gives a shit about me, I bet a spider can't either
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I like how it says "defensive and will bite if provoked," and apparently, according to this thread, opening their cage is sufficient provocation.
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Why dont they give aggression displays? Normally it would make evolutionary sense to try and scare threats off before you attack them
wrote on last edited by [email protected]50/50 from my experience. She would either ambush from her hiding spot, or stand on hind legs and show off fangs if enough room.
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I like how it says "defensive and will bite if provoked," and apparently, according to this thread, opening their cage is sufficient provocation.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Opening the terrarium was fine, lifting the little log hut thingy and messing up the web was a gamble.
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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.
and they would come at you
And they survived that encounter? As did your home? I assume the resulting fire would have taken both.
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Opening the terrarium was fine, lifting the little log hut thingy and messing up the web was a gamble.
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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....objectively...
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I don't know what you mean
Yes you do and you like it
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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.
Only to people that think the mind is mystical and not biological in nature.
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The spiders are not insects, but in a war they would side with the insects.
I think they'd try to sell both sides weapons tbh
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...objectively...
An objectively peer-reviewed hyperbole.
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Why dont they give aggression displays? Normally it would make evolutionary sense to try and scare threats off before you attack them
You sure about that?
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Tarantulas are insects ferchrissake... They have the nervous system of a guitar amplifier.
The oldest common ancestor between arachnids and insects lived in the water.
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and they would come at you
And they survived that encounter? As did your home? I assume the resulting fire would have taken both.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Feeding those took some real preperation. We first had to seal the room (closing an gaps at the doors/windows) as well as blocking all corners and cranies where they could potentially hide.
Then we stripped. Not kidding.
The first time feeding them one of them ran up my brothers arm and straight into his shirt. It was an absolute pain to get it out of there (and he totally got bitten in the process). From then on we'd take off all loose clothing when opening their enclosures. So yeah, just socks and tight fitting boxer briefs.
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Opening the terrarium was fine, lifting the little log hut thingy and messing up the web was a gamble.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Opening the terrarium was fine, lifting the little log hut thingy and messing up the web was a gamble.
Mine just loved to extend their web to include the door.
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Long anecdote short; no.
Short anecdote long; nooooo. I had a Selenocosmia Crassipes (from north-east QLD, Australia) for a year or so, and she never seemed to .. 'warm' to me.
I had to get her out in a cup regularly to change her substrate, and/or attempt to give 'pats' after a few beers, but she'd always rear-up to strike
But I was her cricket and pinky-mouse dealer!I didn't research it. I don't have studies to cite. I didn't approach it constructively.
I just hoped one day we'd click, before going on adventures together.
I miss Fluffy.
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Feeding those took some real preperation. We first had to seal the room (closing an gaps at the doors/windows) as well as blocking all corners and cranies where they could potentially hide.
Then we stripped. Not kidding.
The first time feeding them one of them ran up my brothers arm and straight into his shirt. It was an absolute pain to get it out of there (and he totally got bitten in the process). From then on we'd take off all loose clothing when opening their enclosures. So yeah, just socks and tight fitting boxer briefs.
Sounds like the enclosure needed an airlock or something
