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<blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 189494" data-attributes="member: 31253"><p>I don't feel we can say tarantulas don't 'enjoy' anything, any more that we can say that they do enjoy something. At risk of this turning into a philosophical debate <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> No we cannot imagine being a tarantula so the only language we have is our own, to try to 'wonder' what it is like. But humans have long underestimated non-human animals, so I like to keep an open mind with it. As shatteredpast7 mentioned, tarantulas can at least show preferences, so to me that is enough to say he/she e.g. 'likes' one food and not another. We once thought apes and birds were stupid haha, and yet now scientists are looking into whether some birds have memory for different 'time' periods and can plan for future meals even when they are not currently hungry > (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05575" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05575</a>). We are learning more about animals all the time, with increasing speed with new research methods, so seeing as tarantulas are only really just beginning to be studied, I feel like we probably have a lot to learn about how they experience things. Just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gizalba, post: 189494, member: 31253"] I don't feel we can say tarantulas don't 'enjoy' anything, any more that we can say that they do enjoy something. At risk of this turning into a philosophical debate :P No we cannot imagine being a tarantula so the only language we have is our own, to try to 'wonder' what it is like. But humans have long underestimated non-human animals, so I like to keep an open mind with it. As shatteredpast7 mentioned, tarantulas can at least show preferences, so to me that is enough to say he/she e.g. 'likes' one food and not another. We once thought apes and birds were stupid haha, and yet now scientists are looking into whether some birds have memory for different 'time' periods and can plan for future meals even when they are not currently hungry > ([URL]https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05575[/URL]). We are learning more about animals all the time, with increasing speed with new research methods, so seeing as tarantulas are only really just beginning to be studied, I feel like we probably have a lot to learn about how they experience things. Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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