I have somehow befriended a spider that has made a permanent residency, on my nightstand. I don't bother it much, but boy does it bother me... in a good way though. For some reason it's really comfortable with me to the point where it will crawl on my hand, head, and phone. What's even weirder is when other people are in my room it hides behind or underneath my nightstand. When another spider is near it its extremly aggressive towards it. On pretty rare ocasions it will stare at me for a while then do this thing where it shakes it's legs around in the air. The spiders never once hurt me and is considered a friend to me. I just wonder if it or if it can feel the same.
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Well, spiders are living and can feel affection towards humans. Unfortunately, I'm arachnophobic so I haven't actually experienced a spiders affection (and really don't want to) but I have friends who have pet spiders and they seem to be pretty chill around them.
In short- yes, that spider probably likes you however they tend not to appreciate cuddling and will bite when provoked (if the species of spider is capable of such) so don't push the little guy even though spiders are murderous animals who are planning on betraying and killing you... slight exaggeration.
No. They are not capable.
"Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. ... People have also routinely attributed human emotions and behavioural traits to wild as well as domestic animals."