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At what age / size can a tarantula bite? When are the fangs actually big enough / strong enough to pierce the skin?
Hi becca, the picture you see as my display to the right, the teeth in the photo belonged to a 0.5" B.smithi sling there only maginified at 25x in real size they would aproximaly 1 millameter longbeccamillott said:At what age / size can a tarantula bite? When are the fangs actually big enough / strong enough to pierce the skin?
I agree with Lopez. Straight from the sac providing their hardened up.Lopez said:I know people who've been bitten by P.murinus hatchlings, so I'd say pretty much straight from the sac.
I was also biten by a common british spider!, I felt something crawling on the back of my leg, it must have been up my trowser leg , I reached down to remove it thinking little of it, Unfortunatly it then Bit me twice on the back of the knee, OMG did it hurt or did it hurt!!! I duno what species it was... i was in so much pain and shock that i litrely riped my jeans off throu them to the floor and stamped down repeatedly on them, Im pritty sure i got the little sun of a #$%^#Cirith Ungol said:Once when I was quite young, maybe 8 or 9 years old I got bit by a common spider....
Yeah!! Those common spiders are really vicious and dangerous, arn't they!!! They are in fact the real danger in this world because they are allowed to roam free! Somone should put an end to this!!I was also biten by a common british spider!
I was 18 with good tolerance to pain, being an engineer i was well used to electric shocks, burns impact injurys and other unpleasntrys ,Cirith Ungol said:Yeah!! Those common spiders are really vicious and dangerous, arn't they!!! They are in fact the real danger in this world because they are allowed to roam free! Somone should put an end to this!!