The Family Album - Page 704

jackrock · #**21091** 03-08-2007, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Deep_Sea_Rain

My Flat Rock Scorpion.... (Hadogenes troglodytes)

Trace?

Deep_Sea_Rain · #**21092** 03-08-2007, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jackrock

Trace?

Dead ringer. I never thought about that 'till you mentioned it.

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Originally Posted by beastiegirrl101

^I don't think I could ever come over to your house.

While I'd like to keep them out in display for all to see, my girlfriend won't have it. Instead they reside in a closet...which is actually best for them. It keeps them warm, and they love the dark...

QueenAdrock · #**21093** 03-08-2007, 01:44 PM

Gaaah, scorpions.

Don't tarantulas shoot stinger things from their butts? I heard something on PBS once.

Deep_Sea_Rain · #**21094** 03-08-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by QueenAdrock

Gaaah, scorpions.

Don't tarantulas shoot stinger things from their butts? I heard something on PBS once.

Some new world species take their back legs and rub their abdomen, thus releasing their hair into the air. The hair is small and barbed...so when it gets into your lungs, it catches, much like a fishing hook. It's not fun, and if it gets on your skin, it feels like fiber glass

abcdefz · #**21095** 03-08-2007, 02:14 PM

Ugh. I hate fiberglass.

cookiepuss · #**21096** 03-08-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Deep_Sea_Rain

And finally, my favorite. Unfortunately this critter isn't so photogenic...she stays in her burrow for months on end, and I rarely (if ever) see her. The crickets disappear, that's how I keep tabs

So I wasn't able to get a picture of my exact spider, but here's what it looks like....

Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Haplopelma lividum)

wow. she's amazing and I don't even like spiders!

beastiegirrl101 · #**21097** 03-08-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Deep_Sea_Rain

While I'd like to keep them out in display for all to see, my girlfriend won't have it. Instead they reside in a closet...which is actually best for them. It keeps them warm, and they love the dark...

Your gf is a saint! I'd be up all night wondering if they were going to escape and attack me.

Yorkshire~Rose · #**21098** 03-08-2007, 02:32 PM

The Cobalt Blue Tarantula is beautiful.

A friend of ours used to have a Chilean Rose Tarantula. I never held it but i found it fascinating to look at. I'm not a huge fan of spiders but i quite like tarantulas because they move quite slowly (apart from when they hunt i guess? Not too up on my spidey knowledge!)
My main fear of spiders comes from how quick the buggers dart from one side of the room to another.

Deep_Sea_Rain · #**21099** 03-08-2007, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by beastiegirrl101

Your gf is a saint! I'd be up all night wondering if they were going to escape and attack me.

You have no idea how much negotiating I had to do to keep these guys. She's one of the most Arachnophobic people on Earth...I still don't know how I convinced her. But seriously, the way they're set up, you'd never know I keep 15 spiders in this place. They're tucked away.

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Originally Posted by cookiepuss

wow. she's amazing and I don't even like spiders!

Thanks! They happen to be my favorite type of spider...the Blue is just beautiful. When people think of tarantulas, they tend to think of dull colors...Browns and Blacks. But tarantulas come in every color spectrum, with the more elaborate colors tending to be the most expensive.

Deep_Sea_Rain · #**21100** 03-08-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Yorkshire~Rose

The Cobalt Blue Tarantula is beautiful.

A friend of ours used to have a Chilean Rose Tarantula. I never held it but i found it fascinating to look at. I'm not a huge fan of spiders but i quite like tarantulas because they move quite slowly (apart from when they hunt i guess? Not too up on my spidey knowledge!)
My main fear of spiders comes from how quick the buggers dart from one side of the room to another.

Rosies are the most common tarantula. Online, if you know where you look, you can get an adult female for $5. But in most pet shops if you see a tarantula for sale...it's probably a Rosie. Sadly 9/10 times pet stores don't care for their spiders (or animals in general) properly, and they'll over price them. The same $5 Rosie online may end up costing you $50 in the store. High. Way. Robbery.

cj hood · #**21101** 03-08-2007, 05:12 PM

nice pix.....that blue tarantula is cool.......i saw a t-shed once........crazy ish....and the old skin looks just like the t......

ericlee · #**21102** 03-08-2007, 05:18 PM

Nice critters and all Deep Sea but, shouldn't you make a thread titled "my critters" to keep all that yakity schamk out of the family album?

Deep_Sea_Rain · #**21103** 03-08-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ericlee

Nice critters and all Deep Sea but, shouldn't you make a thread titled "my critters" to keep all that yakity schamk out of the family album?

It's not a bad idea. I considered doing that this time around (I posted my snakes in here too)...but I didn't think there would be any conversation about 'em

venusvenus123 · #**21104** 03-08-2007, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by icy manipulator

i never realised gareth was maori

neither did he!

Lyman Zerga · #**21105** 03-08-2007, 06:44 PM

hey dsr can you (anyone) actually love those things or are such animals just "interesting"?

same question goes to heiress :P

hpdrifter · #**21106** 03-08-2007, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Deep_Sea_Rain

You have no idea how much negotiating I had to do to keep these guys. She's one of the most Arachnophobic people on Earth...I still don't know how I convinced her. But seriously, the way they're set up, you'd never know I keep 15 spiders in this place. They're tucked away.

Most frightening statement ever.

Johnny Railroad · #**21107** 03-08-2007, 07:12 PM

Spider-Deep_Sea_Rain-Gang

very scary ! they look nice and when say just sit around it`s ok , but I cannot look to them when they move around

getting goose-flesh ....

*runawaytz*

GreenEarthAl · #**21108** 03-08-2007, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by HEIRESS

Echewta, what will you be doing in this new year to assure that HEIRESS doesn't threaten your record? S'about time for a trip to Chicago I'd say.

HEIRESS · #**21109** 03-09-2007, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Lyman Zerga

hey dsr can you (anyone) actually love those things or are such animals just "interesting"?

same question goes to heiress :P

ehehehe
they were by far the nicest and bestestest looking boys I met during my entire trip, flat out.
I wanted to just punch both of them in the face they were so handsome.

Echewta · #**21110** 03-09-2007, 11:16 AM

I've retired GEA. I'm in the books. Thats what's important.

icy manipulator · #**21111** 03-09-2007, 11:26 AM

snakes, spiders, scorpians? there has to be at least one aussie here that has a pet croc to show up DSR

g-mile7 · #**21112** 03-09-2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by HEIRESS

ehehehe
they were by far the nicest and bestestest looking boys I met during my entire trip, flat out.
I wanted to just punch both of them in the face they were so handsome.

U need to make a trip to Norcal and visit me and Cookie!

And Auton