Myth: Tarantula-Frog Relationship

There's a popular myth of how tarantulas can have pet frogs going all over different websites like Twitter and many google images of this "evidence." I can see why people would think they're in a pet-owner relationship because if how frogs go in and out of the  tarantulas burrow whenever they want and how frogs could possibly protect the spider's young by killing insects like ants from eating the egg sacs but this is not the case. 

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This one picture gets overused for the evidence of how
they have a relationship.
Spiders and amphibians are dumb. Their dumb-er than rats and I think humans need to be reminded on how different animals can be compared to humans. They're not like us human primates, they have not developed compassion as we did. Not saying they don't have compassion but that humans and monkeys have started to have the need for pets since some monkeys used pets like wild dogs to protect them at night. Spiders certainly has not developed this evolutionary pathway. Frogs go where they please even when it comes to a spider's burrow. Not only that but how tarantulas can eat amphibians like frogs and that they can devour this "pet" anytime it's hungry enough to do so and how it can go the other way with bigger frogs like toads that can eat a spider as big as a tarantula. Tarantulas avoid eating when they're full so that's why tarantulas avoid prey so they could possibly eat it later on. So those images you see are just assuming that they're best buds in a pub based off of a few pictures when the species are side-to-side. Always stay curious and make sure you always research it yourself to make sure of information when learning new things. 

Reality: 

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