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woah woah wait... so they were all in the same tank!?
The Most Ridiculous Thing... some people...
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pyro fiend
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Yuup ikr? All in a 125 with no bark or anything to hide besides burrows or plants (which idk hiw safe they r with them plants)
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skippydude
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I got some ocean front property in Arizona, from my front porch you can see wild B smithi 
Sorry couldn't help myself :sarcasm:
Sorry couldn't help myself :sarcasm:
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Do I have to say anything in regards to this video?
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Bottom line: Be very careful about what you "believe" when you watch videos. Tarantulas cannot be tamed. They're wild animals, venomous predators at that and nocturnal. Any interaction with a human is "tolerated", not "cherished".
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Bottom line: Be very careful about what you "believe" when you watch videos. Tarantulas cannot be tamed. They're wild animals, venomous predators at that and nocturnal. Any interaction with a human is "tolerated", not "cherished".
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I gotta admit... I cringed a few times watching that.
netr
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^ It isn't impressive to badger an animal that unequivocally wants to be left alone. I believe that muticus would enjoy much deeper substrate, too. Those chunky rear two legs are for digging, so give it something to dig!
skippydude
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I hate to admit, I wanted to see that idiot get bit. That poor T, what a terrible life to be forced into
pyro fiend
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I hate to admit, I wanted to see that idiot get bit. That poor T, what a terrible life to be forced into
Man i almost cried... im not sure if its the T droped on its back like 5 times or the guy didnt get bit the 25 times he should have xC
I too feel for this poor T xc i wanted him ti get bit after attempt 2
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From the video description:
"P.S. I haven't ever been bitten by venomous tarantulas. Only by Psalmopoeus cambridgei and not because of trying to handle her"
There's a chance they DID get bit....it just may not have counted (and unfortunately wasn't captured on camera).
"P.S. I haven't ever been bitten by venomous tarantulas. Only by Psalmopoeus cambridgei and not because of trying to handle her"
There's a chance they DID get bit....it just may not have counted (and unfortunately wasn't captured on camera).
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I only posted that to put attention that if you want to see ridiculous stuff in regards to our hobby (or anything else) - youtube is an everlasting source of that kinda stuff. *shrugs* Good thing most of us know better.
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That makes me so angry. It's too bad she was so reticent to bite because that guy deserves it a thousand times over. Poor girl-I'm surprised she didn't loose a leg being toppled over by him repeatedly like that. :c
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I agree with you dude!!!I hate to admit, I wanted to see that idiot get bit. That poor T, what a terrible life to be forced into
Im crazy... and I Love Ts!!!!
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When i see stuff like this or some of those vids on youtube of people eating Ts I get physically sick... I just wana puke it feels like someone is killing my family on front of me...
Im crazy... and I Love Ts!!!!
Yentlequible
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Some people eat tarantulas just because it's in their culture and has been for as long as they have known. I wouldn't get upset at them for that. It's unfortunate, but it's the way of life.
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I watched a documentary once about a tarantula collector looking for a species that only lives in Mexican caves. He was hanging with the natives and thy did a ritual where they cook tarantulas and eat them, and they offered him one. Not trying to be rude he ate it, but he was like "man this is gross. I'm not going to be doin that any time soon" I laughed pretty hard at that.
And he did happen to find one of the tarantulas he was looking for. It was pretty cool.
TLover007
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No no im not talking about them... there are people who do dares and challenges of some sort and then the one was the loser had to eat a live T and there was another guy I saw also normal guy not from a different culture eating a live T just for the attention... I cant even watch it... makes me go insane...
Im crazy... and I Love Ts!!!!
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The fact that people eat them is irrelevant to this horrible video. Fine, kill them and eat them if you have to, but this is just plain abuse and mistreatment of an animal not residing in a kitchen, but a furnished bedroom. Clearly not a t destined for the appetizer plate, but for the hobby. People eat dogs in other places, but that certainly doesn't excuse abuse or neglect of dogs, does it? Not even if they are to be eaten. Its not legal or moral to abuse cattle destined for the butcher either.
I really cannot believe this guy didn't get bit. Horrible way to go about a pinch grab, and I'm not a fan of that grab from the start. Just how close he was holding the chop sticks was stupid, he was clearly within the king's range. I sometimes wonder why those that deserve to get bit the most, are somehow able to get away with such reckless behavior without consequence repeatedly.
Top off the guys husbandry ignorance with a terrible enclosure for P. muticus. One of the best burrowing species around, kept like an lp, with zero room to make its wonderful tunnel system. I beg that guy to at least fill that tub with sub! I mean what's the point of getting the species if you are not gonna let it burrow. Its like getting an avic and not letting it climb! But then again, for a cowboy like that guy, allowing it to burrow would make it more difficult to roust the beast for its stupid owner to make his "wonderfull" videos to show off.
I'll never understand some people's need/desire to root t's out of their lairs to show them off or even to try to feed them, like I have seen often. Lets put a stick in its hole, drive it into the open and see if it will eat a cricket or see if it will be in the mood to be handled....then be surprised when they fail to initiate a feeding response or get a threat or worse, a bolter.
I don't wish anyone a bite, but the guy in that vid really deserved it....no respect for the KING!
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I've never wanted someone to get bitten so badly in all my life.
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Is this the "Michael Vick" of the tarantula world? Beautiful spider...such a shame.
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CrystalRose
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Wow. I feel really sorry for that spider. All it wants is to be left alone and he won't stop poking at it.
Beary Strange
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He is not "the" so much as "a". As Storm and this thread points out, there are a lot of people like this out there. They buy tarantulas not for the sake of admiring them, learning from them but in an unfortunate attempt to bolster their self-esteem, as if owning a T (any T really but the more dangerous sounding the better) somehow adds magical "manly" points to some non-existent stat sheet. Hence we get dude bro owners like that guy who want to show off by harassing a King Baboon. :/