Well, tarantulas do still have the ability to spin silk, and can make a sort of "nest" out of it given time - mine used to do it all over the gravel in their tanks, and then it'd be a bitch to clean out because it'd also involve stirring up all the damn hair they shed, and I'd itch for days.
But in the ceiling? Now, I'm not saying they couldn't get their in the first place - I've seen the suckers climb straight up the glass sides of tanks (which as I'm sure you know is why you always ALWAYS have a locking top on a spider's tank)... but spinning an actual web there? Not so much.
Re: Tarantulas Take Over New York Museum
Date: 2007-08-03 10:06 pm (UTC)But in the ceiling? Now, I'm not saying they couldn't get their in the first place - I've seen the suckers climb straight up the glass sides of tanks (which as I'm sure you know is why you always ALWAYS have a locking top on a spider's tank)... but spinning an actual web there? Not so much.