how smart are they
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..no and no
freedumbdclxvi
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Yes, but the size and quantity summoned depend on your level of experience. As long as you are a bard, binder, cleric, sorceror or wizard, you can summon them. Personally, I would wait til you hit level 5 and can summon a phase spider.
Poec54
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That's an indicator of intelligence? There's are situations where that's a sign of stupidity. Besides, do humans necessarily come when they're summoned? Just ask judges and policeman about that. You are aware spiders have no ears, so calling them would indicate a lack of intelli\gence on the part of the person doing the calling.
You really ought to put more thought into your questions.
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Many of mine can be 'summoned' on feeding day. Many of my Ts who typically hide will come out of their burrows, tube webs, etc in anticipation of a meal before I even get to them. Maybe it is the smell of crickets and roaches 'cooking' that draws them... I call it instinct.
I take mine on a leash for walkies and they're learning to say Mummy now.....but that's my dogs. My Ts don't come when I call them, they run away. I take that as a sign of survival instinct but not intelligence as we'd know it. Maybe they can eventually learn to come for food when they recognise the vibration of the human cricket machine
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to quote my signature (my time to shine!) "all my charanchulas come when they're called. They have a super developed ganglion that allows them to comprehend anthropomorphism."
there was this exact same conversation some months ago ahaha!
there was this exact same conversation some months ago ahaha!
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They're not going to come running like hungry pigs when you belch out "Soooooooooeeeeeee" but males come when females drum, so I believe there is a language that will bring your T's out of hiding. If one mastered the language of vibrations, surely you could get your charanchulas to do all kinds of neat stuff.
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This question alone makes me suspect that the person asking it may just be a troll.
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Actually, wild tarantulas can be 'tickled' out of their burrows. I wouldn't consider that a sign of intelligence since it usually leads to their capture and/or demise.
spiderengineer
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but even at a level 5 you would need to roll a 10 to perform the spell
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Mee Too. But....this will go for like 9 pages while all my brilliant posts fall away in one day;( Go figure.
freedumbdclxvi
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True, but you're talking about an animal that can basically ethereal jaunt as a free action at your command! That's worth rolling for!
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^ja ja, that takes me back...^
elliotulysses
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Do tarantulas get songs stuck in their heads?
But srsly I have noticed "preference" with handlers . Ex: im pretty sure my p. cancerides Loves my gf and tolerates me
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But srsly I have noticed "preference" with handlers . Ex: im pretty sure my p. cancerides Loves my gf and tolerates me
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yes and no. Yes you can kind of summon them by "tickling" (The process of taking one small piece of grass or mono filament and creating vibrations imitating prey causing the tarantula to pounce or creep out of hiding and investigate. Survival only requires the right amount of fear for predators and right amount of confidence for prey. Tarantulas have these as do any other living thing. Tarantulas are minimalist... Minimal care, Minimal food, minimal water, minimal energy and minimal intelligence.
hope this helps
It's ok to make a little fun but very few people answered the question. Thanks elliotysses, a perfect example
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hope this helps
It's ok to make a little fun but very few people answered the question. Thanks elliotysses, a perfect example
No matter how ridiculous the question may seem to you answer POLITELY! A great way to get people started int he hobby is by making them feel like idiots... Respect people and there questions as this is a place to learn, not to mock.
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Smarter than most inverts, but ca't hear you, didn'tcreceive affectionnate parental care and cannot be bribed with food....
Orpheusr0ck
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Every feeding time, i can summon mine by standing in front of the enclosure wearing a pirate hat and red boxers while singing amazing grace an octave higher than normal.
In all seriousness, no they can't be summoned
In all seriousness, no they can't be summoned
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No, tarantulas do not come when called. The way in which they detect sound vibrations means they don't interpret voices in anything like the way in which we hear them. I have seen Ts exhibit basic learned behavior in the form of stimulus response, as others have mentioned. I have had Ts that seemed to recognize, after many repetitions over time, that the removal of the tank lid = feeding time. I also suspect that a regularly-handled T can become accustomed to it in some way. Whether that means strictly the practice of being held, or no longer fearing the particular scent that I'm sure we all have to Ts, I don't know.
As far as any other more advanced form of learning - nope. They can adapt from existing behavior to a degree - use objects that would not be found in the wild in a similar fashion to how they would use other items in the wild, such as incorporating objects into burrows and webs. But aside from that, no - Ts aren't like dogs or cats. And as others have mentioned, they can also be fooled - how many times have I seen a T attack the water dish when that first bit of water strikes the dish and then suddenly back off, as if the initial vibration was mistaken for food?
As far as any other more advanced form of learning - nope. They can adapt from existing behavior to a degree - use objects that would not be found in the wild in a similar fashion to how they would use other items in the wild, such as incorporating objects into burrows and webs. But aside from that, no - Ts aren't like dogs or cats. And as others have mentioned, they can also be fooled - how many times have I seen a T attack the water dish when that first bit of water strikes the dish and then suddenly back off, as if the initial vibration was mistaken for food?