Can tarantulas cry?

Called stridulations, the shrill cries sound like squeaky leather and are made in response to the rhythmic squeezing actions of the male's genitalia from inside the female during sex.
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Does a tarantula scream?

Audible Defense Mechanism

In addition to rearing up on their hind legs in a defensive stance, some tarantulas make a hissing or rasping noise as a defense against threat, warning predators (and humans) to stay away.
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Can spiders hear u scream?

SPIDERS can identify terrified arachnophobes because they can hear their SCREAMS. Scientists have discovered that even though the eight-legged creatures do not have ears they can still pick up the sounds of terror.
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Are there any spiders that scream?

The camel spider is a type of Arachnid found in most deserts around the world (with the exception of Australia, thank God.) They are notable for having ten limbs, the biggest jaws of any Arachnid and the ability to grow to distressingly large sizes. Oh yeah, and they literally scream while chasing down prey.
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Do spiders get sad?

Despite this, in a general sense, it can be concluded that spiders don't experience feelings such as happiness, sadness, and grief that humans have.
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Can a spider love you?

While not usually considered paragons of tender, familial love, some spiders do have a touchy-feely side. ? Scientists have discovered two arachnids that caress their young and snuggle together.
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Do tarantulas have feelings?

A Tarantula does not actually feel, “Happy,” or, “Sad,” however. It does not think, “Hey, my owner is opening the lid to give me some crickets, I like them!” It instead senses the arrival of its food and instinctively, “Knows,” to then hunt and eat.
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Can tarantulas make sounds?

If disturbed, giant tarantulas emit a hissing noise, which they make by rubbing together their first two pairs of legs and their pedipalps – smaller appendages on their heads specialised for feeding.
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Can spiders hear you talk?

The team has started testing the hearing of other species, such as fishing and wolf spiders, all of which seem to have a similar ability. “Spiders can hear humans talking and walking, which is within the audible range,” says Menda.
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Do spiders sense human fear?

Arachnids, commonly known as spiders, are laden with special features and talents which make them such unique creatures and one such feature is their ability to sense danger. Yes, spiders can in fact sense danger but the method might be something you are hearing for the first time.
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Do spiders respond to music?

TIL: Spiders like listening to classical music, according to research at Miami University. When listening to techno and rap, they made their webs as far away from the speaker as possible, but when listening to Bach, they made their webs as near to the speaker as possible.
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Do spiders talk?

Have you ever wondered how spiders find and communicate with each other? Like other animals and insects, spiders too, have their code of communication. They can send signals that only their fellow species can decode.
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What happens if you get a spider on fire?

Burning a very small spider with an exoskeleton increases the pressure inside, and makes it explode… killing it instantly. It's the quickest way to dispatch it that I could think of. I had the same thoughts….
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Can spiders feel pain?

They don't feel 'pain,' but may feel irritation and probably can sense if they are damaged. Even so, they certainly cannot suffer because they don't have emotions.
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Can spiders hear me?

Now scientists have found that spiders can hear you from across a room. The discovery came as a surprise because, technically, spiders do not have ears. However, the latest research shows that the hairs on spiders' legs are so sensitive that they can detect human speech from several metres away.
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Are spiders cruel?

In nature, A. studiosus colonies consist of a mix of docile and aggressive individuals. In short-term studies, Pruitt says, aggressive spiders appear to be troublemakers because they often brawl with members of their own group. However, this study showed their importance when it comes to defense.
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Can spiders be friendly?

So is his tagline “friendly neighborhood”, because spiders are not friendly, well that is in terms of socializing, of course. They are isolated. They do not go out of their way to greet us, even if they are squatters in our homes. At best, they are indifferent, minding their own business and never wanting attention.
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Can a spider fall to its death?

Certain larger species such as Tarantulas simply are not evolved to handle falls from too great a height and can die if they were to drop a number of stories, but smaller spiders actually can use their legs to slow their descent and land from a great height relatively unharmed.
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Can spiders regrow legs?

Some may have lost it in fights, while some may have dropped the legs when escaping from predators that have caught onto their legs. Losing a limb or two, may have just saved the spider's life then. To cope with this, spiders are able to regrow or regenerate their lost legs after a number of moults.
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Can spiders purr?

Male spiders actually produce vibrations, which hit surrounding dried leaves and cause them to vibrate. The vibrating leave produces a low "purring" sound audible to humans, and that sound travels. If it hits leaves near a female spider, causing them to vibrate, she can pick up on the vibrations.
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How good is a tarantulas hearing?

Tarantulas can hear through feeling vibrations pretty well, even through walls. Tarantulas have hairs all over their legs, which are sensitive to sound waves. And they can also hear pretty well over several meters, thanks to their highly sensitive hairs that enable them to detect sounds well.
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Are spiders blind and deaf?

While some spiders catch prey with webs, others -- such as jumping spiders -- hunt using sharp eyesight. Because they don't have eardrums, scientists have always assumed that arachnids were deaf to airborne vibrations. But biologists at Cornell University have now shown that spiders can detect sounds after all.
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Do spiders remember you?

One of the most basic reasons a spider won't remember you is because it can't see you or your face, according to the Australian Museum. About half the spiders out there catch prey with webs. They don't need great eyesight, they just have to sit and wait for their prey to come to them.
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Do tarantulas get depressed?

“It's unlikely that spiders, with their tiny brains, would have an emotional response analogous to the sadness that we'd feel when something we've built has been destroyed,” says Jerome S. Rovner, arachnid expert and co-author of Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance.
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Can spiders fart?

Since the stercoral sac contains bacteria, which helps break down the spider's food, it seems likely that gas is produced during this process, and therefore there is certainly the possibility that spiders do fart.
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