I have an obsession with taking photos of tarantula undersides. :B I just love their bluish-green feet, pudgy little black chest, their shiny book lungs, and those shiny little fangs that lay in that nest of orange fuzz. <33
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I find the way their fangs curl in really cute. And I never knew their feet were that blue-green, gorgeous!
If I wasnt such a pussy I would so have a tarantula. I'm not afraid of THEM but their sudden movements surprise me and make me jump xD And I'm afraid of getting bitten (even though lol, I have no fear of getting bit by snakes and its happend a few times)
If I wasnt such a pussy I would so have a tarantula. I'm not afraid of THEM but their sudden movements surprise me and make me jump xD And I'm afraid of getting bitten (even though lol, I have no fear of getting bit by snakes and its happend a few times)
It actually took me several weeks of having them to figure out that their feet were blue! I'm not sure if it just took them a few molts to get it or what (since I've had them since they were only about 1/2 an inch long) :)
I think the main reason I don't handle them is the fear of them escaping into the house, and then not knowing WHEN they could bite me or Josh or one of my rats. :x I am probably crazy for not really being that afraid of being bitten... these have the most potent venom of almost any other tarantula; their bite can cause nausea and dizziness and the bite wound can go black and lose all feeling around the area -forever-.
I think the main reason I don't handle them is the fear of them escaping into the house, and then not knowing WHEN they could bite me or Josh or one of my rats. :x I am probably crazy for not really being that afraid of being bitten... these have the most potent venom of almost any other tarantula; their bite can cause nausea and dizziness and the bite wound can go black and lose all feeling around the area -forever-.
and this picture actually grosses me out. There is no logic with me. I heard that if you handle tarantulas, sometimes they randomly jump from your hands, and if they hit tile, they just burst open. That is the real reason I will never own a tarantula. I'd be so traumatized forever.
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