northswan04 SFBATS Secret Agent How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 54
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Location: Sacramento, CA
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: P. rufilata Stridulate.
Did you know P. rufilata stridulate? This is so interesting I'm posting it on ATS too. I went to rehome my 4.5" female and she immediately took the starfish pose with her two fronts in the air waving those and her pedipals while stridulating her chilcherae to create a hissing/rattling sound. It was the most fascinating thing. I didn't use my fingers to touch her though, just gently coaxed her with my 12" tongs. No striking either. _________________ Your tools are only as good as you are.
CodeWilster How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: plenty
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Location: Tehama county CA
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject:
Actually I think all Pokies can. You just have to REALLY piss em' off though. My P. miranda did it to me once, the best I could describe the sound was take two marbles and rub them together slowly with lots of force and that is what it sounded like. (Very different sound when compared to T. blondi and other "hissers"). _________________ A considerably greater amount of faith is required to believe that the complexity of this world happened by chance alone, rather than to believe there is a God.
northswan04 SFBATS Secret Agent How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 54
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Location: Sacramento, CA
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject:
I know they do it when they're mad but tarantulas do it so rarely that I feel rewarded, like they feel comfortable enough to really display all they've got
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