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I'm guilty of using a slightly misleading subject line. We all know that tarantulas don't have emotions.
Is there any awareness in them that they are in captivity? Or sense of being confined? In the case of a mature male with a desire to roam, is there frustration (not the right word, but you know what I mean)?
I ask because I have a jumping spider that I have been fattening up, and he/she is gorgeous - they are very, very active and roaming the entire enclosure. I imagine it's just looking for prey, but I wonder if there's any instinctive feeling of confinement.
Just curious what people understand as far as a tarantula's awareness of being captive.
Is there any awareness in them that they are in captivity? Or sense of being confined? In the case of a mature male with a desire to roam, is there frustration (not the right word, but you know what I mean)?
I ask because I have a jumping spider that I have been fattening up, and he/she is gorgeous - they are very, very active and roaming the entire enclosure. I imagine it's just looking for prey, but I wonder if there's any instinctive feeling of confinement.
Just curious what people understand as far as a tarantula's awareness of being captive.