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<blockquote data-quote="Stan Schultz" data-source="post: 227054" data-attributes="member: 28438"><p>True. Except that it uses up available resources like your time and your money, which could be better spent on other aspects of your hobby.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What? I think you're confusing calcium with protein. Even then, I think you're still in error. Both are required by all multicellular organisms.</p><p></p><p>While tarantulas do not utilize excessive amounts of calcium to strengthen their exoskeletons (as do crustaceans for instance), they do require minimal amounts in other aspects of their metabolism such as neuron (a.k.a., nerve cell) function and pH stabilization. Calcium is well understood in vertebrate animals (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_metabolism" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">Calcium Metabolism</span></strong></a> for instance), but has been little studied in many invertebrates like spiders. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist or that calcium is not necessary in these creatures.</p><p></p><p>As with all other living organisms on this planet (plants, animals, and a whole host of single-celled microorganisms), tarantulas require various kinds of proteins for virtually all of their metabolic processes. And, as with all other multicellular animals (and probably most unicellular organisms s well), proteins are also necessary for a large percentage of their body mass.</p><p></p><p>And as a matter of fact, it is very difficult to remove contaminating proteins during many manufacturing and pharmaceutical processes. This makes "no protein" foods (even for crickets) more of a fiction than a reality, anyway.</p><p></p><p>Stan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stan Schultz, post: 227054, member: 28438"] True. Except that it uses up available resources like your time and your money, which could be better spent on other aspects of your hobby. What? I think you're confusing calcium with protein. Even then, I think you're still in error. Both are required by all multicellular organisms. While tarantulas do not utilize excessive amounts of calcium to strengthen their exoskeletons (as do crustaceans for instance), they do require minimal amounts in other aspects of their metabolism such as neuron (a.k.a., nerve cell) function and pH stabilization. Calcium is well understood in vertebrate animals (see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_metabolism'][B][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]Calcium Metabolism[/COLOR][/B][/URL] for instance), but has been little studied in many invertebrates like spiders. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist or that calcium is not necessary in these creatures. As with all other living organisms on this planet (plants, animals, and a whole host of single-celled microorganisms), tarantulas require various kinds of proteins for virtually all of their metabolic processes. And, as with all other multicellular animals (and probably most unicellular organisms s well), proteins are also necessary for a large percentage of their body mass. And as a matter of fact, it is very difficult to remove contaminating proteins during many manufacturing and pharmaceutical processes. This makes "no protein" foods (even for crickets) more of a fiction than a reality, anyway. Stan [/QUOTE]
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