I was just reading an article about taratnulas nad it said that the chestnut tarantula i think its called, will starve in orde rot feed its babies, and the cameroon red will not mind other females tarantulas eating her food and wiull not harm them, and that cameronn red spiderlings will link their legs and share food. And that there are such things as tarantula families where they share food, is this itrue? if so any pics?

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i have never heard of this, however it's a very interesting topic, there must be some one who has heard of this where did you hear about it?

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im pretty sure the trinidad olive lives communaly and the chicken spider the also share there webs and burrows dont know about food though

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ive seen pics of chicken spiders sharing food on the BTS site. 2 or 3 of them eating a mouse.

There are many examples of communal spiders, but be careful of such evocative words as 'emotion'. Spiders have absolutely no biological ability to exhibit emotion, and all examples of communal cohabitation or feeding are explicable via standard biological and ecological theory.

For example, parental care does not in anyway imply emotion on the part of the mother or father, it is simply that if you care for/protect your young until they are more capable of surviving, more of them are likely to survive to adulthood and pass on their 'protect offspring' genes.

That said, it doesn't make it any less fascinating, on the contary I think it makes it all the more amazing!

Cheers

Andy

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what are chicken spiders?

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1.1.0 cats
1.0.0 chinese dwarf hamster
1.0.0 bearded dragon - Nimbus
0.0.3 baby GALS
0.0.1 carolina corn snake baby - Magma
0.2.12 tarantulas
0.1.0 sub adult female leopard gecko - Lettuce
0.1.0 dog - Rosie

google chicken spiders

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ok so just googled chicken spiders and wow is all i can say

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No-one knows basically lol

Communal is seen in some spids. I have 3 P. rufilata living together and are quite happy

Holothele incei, Poecilotheria sp. Hysterocrates sp. all live communally. H. incei and Hysterocrates sp. females feed their young, and when the males time is up, he offers himself to the female to kill him to feed his family...

All together now... AWWWWWWWWWWWW!!