Poecilotheria miranda...

pronty · Nov 23, 2003

Okay...Bored...I might as well post these here too..

Some screen captures from my webcam P. miranda handling.

brgn · Nov 23, 2003

Looks nice. Mine are half that size. Have you sexed them yet?
BTW how did it work out with your regalis male?

Robert

pronty · Nov 23, 2003

Originally posted by brgn
Looks nice. Mine are half that size. Have you sexed them yet?
BTW how did it work out with your regalis male?

Robert

Hi Robert!

Nope I haven't sexed them yet..

And about the regalis, well, I emailed Phalagorn yesterday and he said that there weren't any signs of an eggsack yet.

Angelo · Nov 23, 2003

are tarantulas less aggressive/bitey as slings??? i see all these pics of people holding baby pokies, is there less chance of getting bitten, or is it just that there is less venom? thanks for any replies.

TheWidowsPeak · Nov 23, 2003

I believe its a little of both. I held my baby goliath bird eater all the time. I guess they are just elss intimidating? but I would imagine they could still give you a nasty bite.

metallica · Nov 23, 2003

pokes are not aggresive. if they can get away, they will!
and the venom in these little guys is so little....

vulpina · Nov 24, 2003

Nice pics of that miranda!!

Andy

Code Monkey · Nov 24, 2003

Originally posted by Angelo
are tarantulas less aggressive/bitey as slings??? i see all these pics of people holding baby pokies, is there less chance of getting bitten, or is it just that there is less venom? thanks for any replies.

I think it's more of a psychological thing than anything else. Tarantulas in general, once outside of their retreat, are not particularly bitey but, mentally, it takes more cojones to pick up a 7" female regalis versus a 1.5" one even though there is reason to believe that either would make you wish you hadn't been handling if they bit you. I suffer from this mental delusion myself

Phillip · Nov 24, 2003

The monkey summed it up pretty well. For lack of a better term cojones seem to be the main requirement for finding out just how non bitey some of the falsely labled evil species are. Once Ts are on the move they tend not to just tag the 1st thing they walk on but rather continue moving so long as you don't restrain them.

It can be intimidating the 1st time you try and pick up a large poke however.

Phil

Poecilotheria miranda...

pronty

Haunting Spider

brgn

Arachnosquire

pronty

Haunting Spider

Angelo

Arachnobaron

TheWidowsPeak

Arachnosquire

metallica

Arachnoking

vulpina

Arachnoprince

Code Monkey

Arachnoemperor

Phillip

Arachnoprince