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<blockquote data-quote="Kat Maehl" data-source="post: 117581" data-attributes="member: 23664"><p>Ok, </p><p>I will be the first and probably not the last to admit this but I am not a scientist by any stretch. But I am a naturalist, I know 90% of what happens in nature happens for a reason.</p><p></p><p>I got to thinking about why there are complications with T's molting.</p><p>I've never heard of them doing so in the wild, and while there may not have been a recording or I haven't heard of it, I got to wondering why.</p><p></p><p>I acknowledge that tarantulas live longer and have better success as organisms in captivity having no predators but still, why could they have complications.</p><p></p><p>My theory In captivity they lack a mix of foods that they'd find in nature, because we don't have all the food of the jungle. (Well I do, but it's hard to catch sometimes!) maybe a balanced diet is why they have this strange difficulty.</p><p></p><p>What do you guys think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kat Maehl, post: 117581, member: 23664"] Ok, I will be the first and probably not the last to admit this but I am not a scientist by any stretch. But I am a naturalist, I know 90% of what happens in nature happens for a reason. I got to thinking about why there are complications with T's molting. I've never heard of them doing so in the wild, and while there may not have been a recording or I haven't heard of it, I got to wondering why. I acknowledge that tarantulas live longer and have better success as organisms in captivity having no predators but still, why could they have complications. My theory In captivity they lack a mix of foods that they'd find in nature, because we don't have all the food of the jungle. (Well I do, but it's hard to catch sometimes!) maybe a balanced diet is why they have this strange difficulty. What do you guys think? [/QUOTE]
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