Our Martinique Pinktoe tarantula made its funnel longer, and made an exit to it! It is using the exit to look out for dangers and for food. I feed it through the exit, so it is quite easy to feed.
These tarantulas build funnels for protection from rainstorms, traps for food, and shelter, and protection from predators. For our tarantula, it took a long time (about one month) to make the funnel bigger. Let’s make some hypotheses why.
Hypothesis 1: Maybe there is not much enough natural stuff in the cage
Hypothesis 2: Maybe there is not enough space
Hypothesis 3: Maybe there are no or little comfortable spaces
What do you think? Write your answer in the comment section below.
Now, lets focus on the feeding section. Look how it eats a cricket in the funnel!
This is how they live in the wild. They find a place to build their funnels in the thickets of Martinique and other Caribbean islands. They usually build their funnels among the tree tops in the tropical rainforest.
That is a scary video in the tunnel! (or funnel?) Is the tarantula growing fast?
As an economist, I hypothesize that the tarantula probably does not need to build a bigger funnel because there are no storms, or dangers… it might be an optimal response to the current environmental conditions…. but I really do not know… Great thinking, Jonny!