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minus-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-25 days agoMy orange biting teleporter escaped one night. She went back home quietly, but damn if I wasn’t scared for the cat. She wasn’t too mean unless you opened her hut, Ya she was a little shit.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-25 days agoYour what biting spider?? Spider: [Teleports behind your cat] Nothing personal, kitty.
minus-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoYou see, she was orange, pissed at the world, fast, and some how opened the lid.
minus-squareTheDoozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoI like how it says “defensive and will bite if provoked,” and apparently, according to this thread, opening their cage is sufficient provocation.
minus-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-24 days agoOpening the terrarium was fine, lifting the little log hut thingy and messing up the web was a gamble.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 days ago Opening the terrarium was fine, lifting the little log hut thingy and messing up the web was a gamble. Mine just loved to extend their web to include the door.
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoWhy dont they give aggression displays? Normally it would make evolutionary sense to try and scare threats off before you attack them
minus-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 days ago50/50 from my experience. She would either ambush from her hiding spot, or stand on hind legs and show off fangs if enough room.
My orange biting teleporter escaped one night. She went back home quietly, but damn if I wasn’t scared for the cat.
She wasn’t too mean unless you opened her hut,Ya she was a little shit.Your what biting spider??
Spider: [Teleports behind your cat] Nothing personal, kitty.
You see, she was orange, pissed at the world, fast, and some how opened the lid.
I like how it says “defensive and will bite if provoked,” and apparently, according to this thread, opening their cage is sufficient provocation.
Opening the terrarium was fine, lifting the little log hut thingy and messing up the web was a gamble.
Mine just loved to extend their web to include the door.
Why dont they give aggression displays? Normally it would make evolutionary sense to try and scare threats off before you attack them
50/50 from my experience. She would either ambush from her hiding spot, or stand on hind legs and show off fangs if enough room.
You sure about that?