Tarantula welfare may be improved with greater environmental complexity: A preliminary behavioral study with Brazilian black tarantulas (Grammastola pulchra)

• Laura Stalter,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animals, Science and Environment, Disney’s Animal Kingdom®, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6291-5690

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• Tayler Dorleus,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animals, Science and Environment, Disney’s Animal Kingdom®, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States of America

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• Nicholas Milone,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animals, Science and Environment, Disney’s Animal Kingdom®, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4677-495X

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• Jamie Sincage,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animals, Science and Environment, Disney’s Animal Kingdom®, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States of America

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• Michelle Skurski,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animals, Science and Environment, Disney’s Animal Kingdom®, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States of America

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• Austin Leeds

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: austin.leeds@disney.com

  Affiliation Animals, Science and Environment, Disney’s Animal Kingdom®, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0954-6571

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