# Taming an insect as a pet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taming-an-insect-as-a-pet/827143>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 3, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taming-an-insect-as-a-pet/827143 "2019-01-03T12:51:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taming-an-insect-as-a-pet/827143/41 "2019-01-10T21:15:01Z")

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I don’t know about pets, but some are [pretty good dancers.](https://imgur.com/a/8phqxxP)

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**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taming-an-insect-as-a-pet/827143/42 "2019-01-12T04:36:26Z")

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I know they aren’t insects, but you can’t beat peacock spiders for dancing in the arthropod world.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xYIUFEQeh3g/maxresdefault.jpg "Peacock Spider Dances to YMCA") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYIUFEQeh3g)

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