Jeff23
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I have heard multiple people mention that their tarantula is always in the burrow or is headed into the burrow before they can get to the enclosure to view it. This made me start wondering about whether a dampening system would impact the ability to get closer before being detected. Perhaps if some type of stiff rubber block(s) or similar were placed so that vibrations from the environment could be dampened, I wonder if it would delay detection of us by the tarantula enough to make a difference. Has anyone experimented with this type of thing?
I couldn't find a lot of information (for free on the internet). But I found where sound waves can also make an impact on the vibrations which may also play a role. This article is for spiders (not specific to tarantulas) but this article mentions different substrates, noise levels, and locations for a spider's home in general which I found interesting.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/not-bad-science/spiders-are-disturbed-by-human-noise/
If anyone knows of other articles specific to tarantulas or good books that dive into this area in detail I would be interested.
http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/71/1131
As a side note, I also read an older thread on this forum related to hairs that has me confused.
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/tarantula-hair-growth.223306/#post-1972619
In this thread it is stated by Stan Schultz that hair is only on animals (not tarantulas / spiders). He then references the book Biology of Spiders in the discussion. I recently bought this book and it does use the term "hair" liberally in the "Neurobiology" section about mechanical senses. I fully understand that tarantula bristles, setae, or hair (whichever label should be used) comes from the molt and isn't grown, but my confusion is related to use of the proper term.
I couldn't find a lot of information (for free on the internet). But I found where sound waves can also make an impact on the vibrations which may also play a role. This article is for spiders (not specific to tarantulas) but this article mentions different substrates, noise levels, and locations for a spider's home in general which I found interesting.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/not-bad-science/spiders-are-disturbed-by-human-noise/
If anyone knows of other articles specific to tarantulas or good books that dive into this area in detail I would be interested.
http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/71/1131
As a side note, I also read an older thread on this forum related to hairs that has me confused.
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/tarantula-hair-growth.223306/#post-1972619
In this thread it is stated by Stan Schultz that hair is only on animals (not tarantulas / spiders). He then references the book Biology of Spiders in the discussion. I recently bought this book and it does use the term "hair" liberally in the "Neurobiology" section about mechanical senses. I fully understand that tarantula bristles, setae, or hair (whichever label should be used) comes from the molt and isn't grown, but my confusion is related to use of the proper term.