Is H. gigas the only one that can survive underwater long

[JDS123]

is H.gigas the only one that can pull the underwater moves or what

 

[Venom1080]

Hysterocrates is the only genus I've heard of that dives under water. All tarantulas can do a sort of swimming thing. But don't dive go my knowledge.

 

[cold blood]

Any t is capable....I have a female T.ockerti that frequently dives to the bottom of the water dish when spooked...once it sat there for over an hour.

 

[dangerforceidle]

Here's a video of a Poecilotheria that submerged to hide:

 

[boina]

My N. chromatus has a penchant for diving into her water dish when scared. The first time she did that years ago she nearly scared me to death and I scooped her out with a spoon , but she kept doing it and I learned that a tarantula can dive if she wants to. However, I think H. gigas do it best.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

My A. musculosa taking a dip.

 

[JDS123]

It’s just so funny when I started 25 years ago or so, every T in the world as we knew it would drown in the water dish lol. Crazy times. Was mind blowing to everyone once they saw one go deep in a tank and stay under for awhile them come out fine.

 

[NukaMedia Exotics]

I think most if not all are somewhat capable of that behavior, just seems the species as a whole prefers to exhibit it more often.

 

[CEC]

H. gigas was ignorantly deemed basically amphibious, but in thruth all Ts have the ability to show such behavior. Millions of years of adapting to heavy rain and/or floods maybe? They can survive on very little oxygen and sport a water repellent exo-skeleton making being submerged in water a cake walk compared to us. So to think many have died from drowning in captivity is quite laughable. More likely, they died coincidently in their waterbowl from other causes.

 

[EDED]

Look.

This so old news

All ts are same in respiration aspect

Why are you putting fd up unnecessary
Stress on the animal

500 m freestyle swim for gold medal is what you want?
Even tree ts would jump into pooled water hole or leaves
To escapeeee


Not for aqua group exercise