p.s. that’s only for new world tarantulas and just for some of them, thought having that defensive mechanism makes them a bit more chill than their old world cousins.
Not that old world tarantulas are always more aggressive, but their only safety mechanism is speed and burrowing or as a last resort biting with a stronger venom.
More than once improper housing like shallow terrain and bright lighting stresses out spiders that otherwise would borrow or hide under bark, make them more aggressive that they would be in nature.
At the end of the day, tarantulas are often the prey of vertebrates, not the other way around.
p.s. that’s only for new world tarantulas and just for some of them, thought having that defensive mechanism makes them a bit more chill than their old world cousins.
Not that old world tarantulas are always more aggressive, but their only safety mechanism is speed and burrowing or as a last resort biting with a stronger venom.
More than once improper housing like shallow terrain and bright lighting stresses out spiders that otherwise would borrow or hide under bark, make them more aggressive that they would be in nature.
At the end of the day, tarantulas are often the prey of vertebrates, not the other way around.
Nice information, thank you.
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