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I think that inbreeding is a pretty natural occurrence in the wild, although probably not siblings. Given that wild tarantulas don't wander far from their home there is not much chance for genetic diversity. You will have faster growing males maturing then wandering to neighboring females that most likely are related IE; Mother, Aunt, Grandma, Cousin etc. Natural selection will have the genetically week spiderlings in the resulting broods weeded out through death and predation leaving the strongest to continue the cycle.
You're making this statement based on?First,you have to get them to mature at the same time,and pokie males mature pretty fast compared to females. I doubt you could power feed the female that much,and starve the male that much.
Based on the fact that males mature faster, just like the majority of species? Although the second part of his statement is conjecture.You're making this statement based on?
They mature faster when kept in the same conditions. I can slow down my male Poecilotheria enough that they molt once every 6-7 months or more even at around 3'' And all that just by tweaking their feeding schedule.Based on the fact that males mature faster, just like the majority of species? Although the second part of his statement is conjecture.
They mature faster when kept in the same conditions. I can slow down my male Poecilotheria enough that they molt once every 6-7 months or more even at around 3'' And all that just by tweaking their feeding schedule.
I love it when I'm able to respond with quotesBased on the fact that males mature faster, just like the majority of species? Although the second part of his statement is conjecture.
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Agreed. There have been several studies on inbreeding of insects, but none that I can find of arachnids. I think I can find the publication if need be, but one that comes to mind concerns a species of roach and the findings were that no ill effects were observed after a few dozen generations. We can't reasonably apply the rules of insect reproduction to arachnids anyway, so everything said is no more than speculation.I wish there was real genetic data on the inbreeding of arachs. Everything I read about on it is all suspect, not a single person I've read has the scientific data to support either claim they make.