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Why don't you go tag everyones computer that disagrees with you. Probably make the world a better place I'm sure.
Matt
Matt
Lmao what makes you say that ayeEver get that feeling you've just been trolled?
Yea he may be a troll.Common sense makes me say that, damn, I just bought my first T today and even I know they will bite if they want too!
I think we've all stated that 100 times now. Lol I think he got the picture after me and dragonfly said it lol but were now on to the fact that I'm ignorant for thinking tarantulas have rudimentary emotions. LolCommon sense makes me say that, damn, I just bought my first T today and even I know they will bite if they want too!
Keyboard warriors piss me off lolThink whatever you want to think dude, who cares what someone you dont know on the internet thinks, lol
Now that is an interesting question, I'm not sure how those compounds would affect an arthropod. Dimethyltryptamine however is derived from plants, though there is anecdotal evidence of it being found in mammals and I believe I read somewhere that it is similar to the compound secreted by the Colorado River Toad.Then how would caffeine effect a spider? And dmt? Dmt being the adrenaline gland of a monkey.... you are quite correct as I said this was only my thoughts and I figured if such said "drugs" effect us the matter they do then how could they effect a spider using the same chemical make up?
They do get terratorial though, I make sure my handleable species are out of their homes before I attempt to pick them up by hand.Tarantulas don't have 'character' and they don't have 'moods'. They're spiders.
I agree, I have had it with certain elitist attitudes on these forums, though not to myself personally i'm getting tired of newer keepers being picked on when they come here for information.Yeah xhexdx is always out to make someone look like they don't know what they are talking about so take his comments with a grain of salt although he did teach me to use the search much better!! But dont know if they have so called moods I bought an adult female chaco about 2 years ago...I used to hold her all the time, nothing changed to my knowledge and she hasn't let me hold her in about 6 months. So you can call that what you want but it sounds like a mood to me.
The most potent psychedelic compound goes by the name dimethyltryptamine or as it is commonly known "DMT". DMT is currently in all of our brains, it is a neurotransmitter similar to serotonin that seems to be secreted by the pineal gland. The pineal is most mysterious organ in the human body, it is the physical representation of the Third Eye and has been linked to everything from the dream world, to alien abduction. DMT also can be found in nature. In my mind the most amazing thing about dimethyltryptamine is the fact that it exists in nearly every ecosystem on earth. Countless plants have DMT in their leaves, this is well understood and utilized by indigenous people of South America. Deep in the Amazonian rain forest of Columbia, shamans of the Amerindians tribe have a brew called Ayahuasca
I agree that they don't have moods in the conventional sense but they do have triggers, even crickets have them... ever seen a cricket stop when it senses the furry legs of a Tarantula.You cannot compare a primitive mygalomorph with a mammal Spiders dont have those "mood" feeling such as boredom, happines, sadness etc.
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Realizes it's just you!!??
Yeah we all have the major drug known as DMT in us. It is was causes us to dream. It is the pineal gland that activates it.Very interesting information.This is also the same compound associated with the " magic mushrooms" found in cow pastures and ingested by humans for the high.I did not realize it was found in so many living things.
It's a rosehair. Thats enough why she is like that. My B. smithi supposed to be more calmer than roseas and still I get threat poses by her, though I never handele my tarantulas!thanks spiderman. my question isnt really why she bit me, is why is she out of character. i know every being has a day with a bad mood. the reason why i found this so wierd is because in 6 months this is her first moody day
Yes I was aware of the NASA study, but the results tell us nothing about a spider's ability to feel emotions. I also don't see how you can say a threat-pose demonstrates anger. I see it as a physiological response to outside stimuli and like you have stated, there's no way we can say exactly what's happening inside the spider's "brain" at the time. I'll stick with what is currently accepted by the scientific community but, like I said in my last post, if new research was to emerge linking behavioral responses to emotion, then I'd change my opinion.Google spiders on drugs. There was a big study about spiders on several types of drugs injected into there diet is how I think it happened. And throwing up a threat display is anger in itself... I mean not trying to talk down to you at all but being irritated and kicking hairs is showing emotions that's common sense.... but yeah anyway there has been some study though and it was proven there is effect.
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www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm