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Tarantula's in the wild eating/ Compared to a pet tarantula eating.
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 139381" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>Tarantulas are ambush predators, they sit and wait for food to come to them, studies show that they rarely even move 30cm to catch prey. They have a very low metabolism and being cold blooded don't expend energy to maintain their body temperature so unless they move they don't require very much energy to stay alive, that way they can wait for food to come to them. If they were to run around actively seeking out prey like a Huntsman does for instance they would require a lot more frequent feeding because they would be expending energy finding food, instead they just sit there barely just ticking over using next to no energy unless catching a prey item is almost guaranteed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 139381, member: 27677"] Tarantulas are ambush predators, they sit and wait for food to come to them, studies show that they rarely even move 30cm to catch prey. They have a very low metabolism and being cold blooded don't expend energy to maintain their body temperature so unless they move they don't require very much energy to stay alive, that way they can wait for food to come to them. If they were to run around actively seeking out prey like a Huntsman does for instance they would require a lot more frequent feeding because they would be expending energy finding food, instead they just sit there barely just ticking over using next to no energy unless catching a prey item is almost guaranteed. [/QUOTE]
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