Hello everyone! Below is my TALON Talk. I hope you enjoy the presentation and learn something new.
If you wish to learn more about these spiders, or are interested in getting your own, I recommend checking out this video.
This website is also a very helpful resource.
- https://www.joshsfrogs.com/catalog/blog/2018/12/chilean-rose-hair-tarantula-care-guide/
Hi Hannah, I loved your presentation! The movement of your video made it intriguing and easy to follow. It was fun to learn about these creatures and how they live. Also good to know that you are quite intrigued in this topic yourself. I am wondering though, since you said that these spiders are able to accustom to varying climates, do you think they could learn to live in different habitats? I’ll look forward to hearing about your experiment next year!
Thank you for your comment Mandy! Since these spiders are so resilient, it is likely that they would be able to adapt to different habitats, as long as the humidity and temperatures are not wildly different from there own.
Hello! That was a fantastic presentation! The presentation method made it unique, fun, and very engaging. I think the Chilean Rose Tarantulas are a very intriguing species. Although, do you think that the spiders would act similarly and you would have the same answer if the spiders weren’t nocturnal? Overall, you did a good job! Keep up with the good work.
Hi Ahra, if Chilean rose tarantulas weren’t nocturnal, then I would assume that they would be more active in warmer climates, since that would be what they are more used to in the wild.
Hi! I am very intrigued by your topic! I thought your evidence for your hypothesis was very convincing! It was cool to see a different hypothesis than I would have expected since I would assume many animals have better mobility in warmer climates. Do you know if most Tarantula species are similar? Or is this hypothesis more specific to the Chilean Rose Tarantulas? Very interesting presentation!
You raise a good point Julianne! A lot of tarantulas do require warm climates and high humidity, but these spiders are typically old world (native to Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia) I would assume that this is because these environments have more consistently hot and humid habitats.
Hi! I really loved your presentation. I myself don’t like tarantulas or spiders in general but your talk made them sound a lot less scary and way more interesting. I like how you were able to talk about your plan with the tarantulas and how you think it will go this gave it more of a deeper connection to them. One question I have is, you said Chilean Rose Tarantulas was one of the easiest to care for which would be the hardest? Why?
Hi Emilie! Though I am by no means an expert, I have heard that the Thailand Black Tarantula is particularly aggressive. Many old world species like this tend to be faster and more defensive which make them difficult to work with. The Thailand Black also always bites twice when they attack, making them particularly dangerous.