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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 57761" data-attributes="member: 4086">You know, I've often wondered exactly how "simple" a tarantula's brain is..none of us really know what goes on in their carapaces(lol). When they get defensive, do they feel a spider's equivalent of fear and rage? Is it instinct? Don't we equate emotional response with instinct? Their "simple" brain looks like a nerve cluster, so of course, the experts equate it to one, and call it just as simple, but they don't know. Who knows what goes on in it? Look up the invertebrate brain platform..read the theory about their brain function. It's kind of interesting. and like most theories, there's a few holes in it..Btw, Kymura, Copa has good taste.. he must be a true gentleman <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" /></blockquote>