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Do tucked legs always mean stress?
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<blockquote data-quote="VanessaS" data-source="post: 73455" data-attributes="member: 4948"><p>I am mostly a person who feels that tarantulas, as well as many other organisms, do not have the capacity to like or dislike... they just are. I think that some are more tolerant to being around us than others. They get on with doing their spider stuff and we just don't have the knowledge to know exactly why - beyond the obvious eating, mating and fleeing. I also believe that there is much going on with them that we just don't have the capacity to understand because of the limitations we place on other beings by comparing them to us all the time. I truly believe that there are far more forms of intelligence other than the logic based one that humans have and we have to stop limiting their intelligence by comparing it to ours.</p><p>Having said that, I remember a story told on a forum years ago by someone who insisted his OBT hated his brother. Although they are a defensive species overall, this guy never had a problem with her. When his brother stepped foot inside his house - she would immediately get into threat pose and have venom dripping from her fangs. He had watched this take place over and over and never saw her display with that amount of aggression at any other time than when his brother was there... the moment his brother left, she would immediately calm down.</p><p>Maybe they possess a sense that we can't even begin to understand with our limited knowledge?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VanessaS, post: 73455, member: 4948"] I am mostly a person who feels that tarantulas, as well as many other organisms, do not have the capacity to like or dislike... they just are. I think that some are more tolerant to being around us than others. They get on with doing their spider stuff and we just don't have the knowledge to know exactly why - beyond the obvious eating, mating and fleeing. I also believe that there is much going on with them that we just don't have the capacity to understand because of the limitations we place on other beings by comparing them to us all the time. I truly believe that there are far more forms of intelligence other than the logic based one that humans have and we have to stop limiting their intelligence by comparing it to ours. Having said that, I remember a story told on a forum years ago by someone who insisted his OBT hated his brother. Although they are a defensive species overall, this guy never had a problem with her. When his brother stepped foot inside his house - she would immediately get into threat pose and have venom dripping from her fangs. He had watched this take place over and over and never saw her display with that amount of aggression at any other time than when his brother was there... the moment his brother left, she would immediately calm down. Maybe they possess a sense that we can't even begin to understand with our limited knowledge? [/QUOTE]
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