Interesting, I did'nt even know Ts could get conditioned to feeding time. I guess Pavlov never published his experiments with spiders hehe.I think some of my T's respond positively to the sounds and vibrations I make when i'm in the room. If i'm talking with someone or playing music in the T room many of my t's will come to the front of the tank and "listen" to what's going on by placing a couple of toes on the glass.
Whether they're actually paying attention to my actions or not I'll probably never know but I think it's fairly certain they are reacting to my presence. They know that food is coming when they hear the "giant thing" bumbling around outside.
This has been a topic of much discussion. I believe they can be conditioned on a rudimentary level (not to be confused with "trained") but some may not agree with that.Interesting, I did'nt even know Ts could get conditioned to feeding time. I guess Pavlov never published his experiments with spiders hehe.
Science is often slow to accept what hobbyists report by anecdote (and rightly so) but I would sure go on record as saying that the majority of my T's (all NW) really appear to expect food when their cages are manipulated...Interesting, I did'nt even know Ts could get conditioned to feeding time. I guess Pavlov never published his experiments with spiders hehe.
And quite an array of chemosensory abilities, I believe. (And sight, for most terrestrials esp., is considered to be quite minimal in comparison to the other senses.)So t's only have sight and touch?
do t's have ears?
No and no.So t's only have sight and touch?
A statement such as this can generate several questions. How do you know they expect food? Maybe they only expect something that is about to invade their territory / disturb them? Maybe they just react to a sudden change in their proximate surroundings by instinct? Just throwing these out there, food for thought.c'est ma said:Science is often slow to accept what hobbyists report by anecdote (and rightly so) but I would sure go on record as saying that the majority of my T's (all NW) really appear to expect food when their cages are manipulated...
A statement such as this can generate several questions. How do you know they expect food? Maybe they only expect something that is about to invade their territory / disturb them? Maybe they just react to a sudden change in their proximate surroundings by instinct? Just throwing these out there, food for thought.