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Strange behavior while eating.
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<blockquote data-quote="Nunua" data-source="post: 141361" data-attributes="member: 4947"><p>My <em>A. geniculata</em> juvenile often does this with dubia roaches. She does detect the feeder when it falls into the enclosure but as dubias tend to stand still when under stress and there is nowhere to hide, tarantula kinda loses the track of the roach even when having their legs on it. It's probably because tarantulas have bad eyesight, so when they hunt they rely on the vibrations / signals obtained via sensitive setae (longer hairs you can see all over the T) - When the prey stays still, tarantula does not sense it as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nunua, post: 141361, member: 4947"] My [I]A. geniculata[/I] juvenile often does this with dubia roaches. She does detect the feeder when it falls into the enclosure but as dubias tend to stand still when under stress and there is nowhere to hide, tarantula kinda loses the track of the roach even when having their legs on it. It's probably because tarantulas have bad eyesight, so when they hunt they rely on the vibrations / signals obtained via sensitive setae (longer hairs you can see all over the T) - When the prey stays still, tarantula does not sense it as well. [/QUOTE]
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