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<blockquote data-quote="Miss Moxie" data-source="post: 121639" data-attributes="member: 27149"><p>Anatomically speaking, it's just not possible unless they're submerged for a very, very long time. Tarantulas have incredibly low oxygen needs and so it's akin to being supremely skilled at holding your breath. Not only that, but their setae is hydrophobic. There is also a hydrophobic layer on their book lungs as well, meaning it would be incredibly hard for water to physically enter the lungs. With that in mind, it wouldn't really be the definition of drowning, more like they would suffocate because they'd run out of oxygen eventually while submerged.</p><p></p><p>Have plenty of keepers kept Ts without water dishes? Yup. Not saying it can't/doesn't work. Just saying that not providing a water dish on the basis that your tarantula will drown in it is misinformed. Just as many keepers, if not more, provide water dishes and suffer no losses to drowning.</p><p></p><p><u><a href="http://atshq.org/articles/swimming.pdf" target="_blank">Here is an article</a> {PDF}</u> written about swimming in tarantulas, and they proved that they actually adapt their leg movement instinctually.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>From <a href="https://tomsbigspiders.com/2015/08/15/the-best-and-most-ridiculous-tarantula-myths/" target="_blank"><u>this article</u></a> on Tom Moran's website. He expounds on the subject <a href="https://tomsbigspiders.com/2016/08/15/tarantula-controversies-should-you-give-tarantulas-water-dishes/" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>.</p><p></p><p>And he even did a video on the subject.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]XmyipHj0X2E[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]c0sgNaDKxKE[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>In this video, you can even see the outline of space between the water and the Poecilotheria's setae. Absolutely incredible creatures.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]uE4bki09Z2Y[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>In this video, the cameraman actually mentions the visible space of air between their setae, addressing it as appearing "chrome."</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]N55CIL5HUD4[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Miss Moxie, post: 121639, member: 27149"] Anatomically speaking, it's just not possible unless they're submerged for a very, very long time. Tarantulas have incredibly low oxygen needs and so it's akin to being supremely skilled at holding your breath. Not only that, but their setae is hydrophobic. There is also a hydrophobic layer on their book lungs as well, meaning it would be incredibly hard for water to physically enter the lungs. With that in mind, it wouldn't really be the definition of drowning, more like they would suffocate because they'd run out of oxygen eventually while submerged. Have plenty of keepers kept Ts without water dishes? Yup. Not saying it can't/doesn't work. Just saying that not providing a water dish on the basis that your tarantula will drown in it is misinformed. Just as many keepers, if not more, provide water dishes and suffer no losses to drowning. [U][URL='http://atshq.org/articles/swimming.pdf']Here is an article[/URL] {PDF}[/U] written about swimming in tarantulas, and they proved that they actually adapt their leg movement instinctually. From [URL='https://tomsbigspiders.com/2015/08/15/the-best-and-most-ridiculous-tarantula-myths/'][U]this article[/U][/URL] on Tom Moran's website. He expounds on the subject [URL='https://tomsbigspiders.com/2016/08/15/tarantula-controversies-should-you-give-tarantulas-water-dishes/'][U]here[/U][/URL]. And he even did a video on the subject. [MEDIA=youtube]XmyipHj0X2E[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]c0sgNaDKxKE[/MEDIA] In this video, you can even see the outline of space between the water and the Poecilotheria's setae. Absolutely incredible creatures. [MEDIA=youtube]uE4bki09Z2Y[/MEDIA] In this video, the cameraman actually mentions the visible space of air between their setae, addressing it as appearing "chrome." [MEDIA=youtube]N55CIL5HUD4[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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