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Ahsoka · 18 February 2023

ApinksBadPanda said:
I legally owned several endangered tarantula's. Every tranantula I owned that was endangered was documented and came from an US Fish and Wild Life Liscenced breeder. Many countries encourage tarantula breeding of endanged species. Mexico has a program where half of the Tarantula's breed in captivity are sent back to mexico and released in to the wild to save the population. The only country's who's being weird about these types of programs are Brazil and Sumatra. All other countries are working with breeders to save their Tarantula populations. It's actually amazing.

That’s good, hopefully the programs manage to make a difference. I do know the there exist other animals that are endangered or even extinct in the wild where they’re trying to introduce captive ones, such as the blue Spix macaw, but they face other issues like the fact that the ones born in captivity didn’t learn how to survive in the wild and are easy prey. But if it works with tarantulas that’s good

StirFriedPanda · 18 February 2023

Insects are almost 100% instinct so they don't care if they are in captivity or the wild. It's all the same to them. The only spider thus far to be determined to have actual intelligence is jumping spiders. They have the problem solving ability of a 3 year old and interact with keepers. They also respond to positive reinforcement in studies. It's yet to be proven but scientists think jumping spiders might actually recognize their owners. They are also the only spider that is actually cute too.

Ahsoka · 18 February 2023

ApinksBadPanda said:
Insects are almost 100% instinct so they don't care if they are in captivity or the wild. It's all the same to them. The only spider thus far to be determined to have actual intelligence is jumping spiders. They have the problem solving ability of a 3 year old and interact with keepers. They also respond to positive reinforcement in studies. It's yet to be proven but scientists think jumping spiders might actually recognize their owners. They are also the only spider that is actually cute too.

Ngl I find tarantulas cuter

But the higher level of intellect they have is cool
I find it really interesting when animals can recognize human faces, idk if jumping spiders might be recognizing owners by faces or something else (if they are recognizing them). But when they can recognize faces it’s also slightly depressing to me