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[Jaeger]

Because most spider threads start out with the usual stuff. Burn it with fire. Simpson's character laughing with blow torch. etc etc. Same old stuff. Let's do something different. Starting with Tarantulas, 'cause they are awsum! Look how different and pretty these guys are!

Avicularia versicolor

Avicularia bicegoi

Avicularia diversipes

Brachypelma smithi

Holothele Incei

Pterinochilus murinus

Grammostola grossa

Some of these and many others make great first time tarantula owner pets. I love watching feeding videos of them (and feeding my two is always a treat). Here's a good one from some guy on YT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIi1O-uZ21w

Keeping most species is cheap. Feeding is cheap. And their enclosure is cheap. I feed both of my young t's 1 small cricket a week, which is about 90 cents a month. The enclosure needs to be just enough space for them to move a bit, but no bigger. And they don't even need that much space until a year or two. Both of my slings are in small plastic dishes.

 

[Razmos]

I think spiders are fascinating, amazing creatures.

..They just scare the shit out of me.

 

[Sciortino]

I'm sorry.

 

[markofhavoc]

I think spiders are fascinating, amazing creatures.

..They just scare the shit out of me.

This. I will look at it up close at a zoo and be amazed. I see one not even half the size in my house, full on panic mode

 

[foxuzamaki]

Turantulas are probably the spiders I'd be the least hesitant around(atleast in like a zoo or something) despite their humongous size, because theres something abou them, they're probably the least aggressive spiders around and their furriness isnt all bad and kinda forgive me for saying this but....like a docile puppy or something.

 

[Shmeagatory94]

I think spiders are fascinating, amazing creatures.

..They just scare the shit out of me.

This is me exactly lol I like watching documentaries on them but if I see one in real life... my body will never be ready!

 

[Ryaaan14]

 

[Floridian]

If I had 100% confidence that spiders won't fuck with me, then I'd fuck with them.

 

[Toxi]

That pinktoe is beautiful. I've never taken care of arboreal tarantulas before, since it always seemed like a big step up from the grounded ones.

 

[brandonh83]

I think spiders are fascinating, amazing creatures.

..They just scare the shit out of me.

Yep. I don't even like killing them. I just wish they wouldn't come into my home so that I wouldn't have to. I think they can be beautiful in a way but they also just terrify me.

 

[Ayumi]

Fluffy spiders are so cute. The rest? NOPE.

 

[Laieon]

I've been to the hospital twice due to brown recluse bites. Getting them lanced is far from "awesome". I'm inclined to disagree OP.


That being said, arachnophobia was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

 

[commedieu]

Fluffy spiders are so cute. The rest? NOPE.

don't all those hairs fall off, and turn into baby spiders, that live in your mouth/ears..?

Not sure if this is true. But I don't mind knowing it is.

 

[TouchMyBox]

The enemy of my enemy (mosquitoes) is my friend.

 

[kris.]

I'm starting to really appreciate spiders, despite my deep fear of them. Dudes keep my apartment pest-free and leave me the hell alone.

 

[fluffydelusions]

I had a tarantula as a pet when I was little. Pretty cool. Let it crawl on my arm and stuff. Never bit me or anything.

 

[Currygan]

yes, spiders are fantastic animals. However, NOOOOPE

 

[nubbe]

 

[| Praxis |]

That pinktoe is beautiful. I've never taken care of arboreal tarantulas before, since it always seemed like a big step up from the grounded ones.

I always thought they were considered much less aggressive than most species, if a little skittish. Or do you mean the actual set up and maintenance?

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Yes, yes they are.

Beautiful things.

 

[fluffydelusions]

I'm starting to really appreciate spiders, despite my deep fear of them. Dudes keep my apartment pest-free and leave me the hell alone.

Yep

The presence of spiders in your house is a sign that 2,000 fewer bugs per spider will be there every year.

http://kissingmatters.com/eight-reasons-to-love-spiders-or-at-least-spare-them/

 

[Theecliff]

nah

nope

no

 

[Ayumi]

don't all those hairs fall off, and turn into baby spiders, that live in your mouth/ears..?

Not sure if this is true. But I don't mind knowing it is.

Oh my god, what.

 

[cdyhybrid]

 

[DriftedPlanet]

Personally the eyes are what creep me out most. If they were more like plushies and looked less like calculating murderers I'd be cool with them. Whenever one looks at me I get the sense that it would kill me if it thought it could.

Someone should

Spoiler

n't

link Zkylon to the thread.

 

[MadSexual]

I've been to the hospital twice due to brown recluse bites. Getting them lanced is far from "awesome". I'm inclined to disagree OP.

Isn't that just awful luck though? Recluses aren't even aggressive with biting.

I love spiders. I'm a recovered appreciater. I catch all the unwelcome ones and toss them outside.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

 

[Theecliff]

you're wrong

fook em

nah

 

[| Praxis |]

I made a video a while ago of my spider catching a cricket. Not terribly interesting I know

Video

 

[Toxi]

I always thought they were considered much less aggressive than most species, if a little skittish. Or do you mean the actual set up and maintenance?

Set up and maintenance. It doesn't help I live in a pretty dry area.

I've been to the hospital twice due to brown recluse bites. Getting them lanced is far from "awesome". I'm inclined to disagree OP.

Read this. "Brown recluse bites" are often misdiagnosed and are actually other kinds of skin problems.

And it's been going on a while.

 

[delta25]

They are amazing insects, I'm not one to kill them because I know how important they are to the ecosystem. Last year we kept a black widow outside our front door, insects in the house dropped pretty substantially. Hoping to do the same this year.

 

[Rebel Leader]

 

[Jaeger]

I want a Poecilotheria so bad. I'm not quite ready for something like that though. They can be dangerous to the owner. But they are so pretty.

I've been to the hospital twice due to brown recluse bites. Getting them lanced is far from "awesome". I'm inclined to disagree OP.


That being said, arachnophobia was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

That sucks. Recluse bites are dangerous. Did it cause bad necrosis to your flesh? Luckily, a recluse or two doesn't represent every arachnid on the planet! Most spiders aren't aggressive, and don't even bother with humans.

They are amazing insects, I'm not one to kill them because I know how important they are to the ecosystem. Last year we kept a black widow outside our front door, insects in the house dropped pretty substantially. Hoping to do the same this year.

Spiders are arachnids, not insects. But yea, Black widows are awesome. They have incredibly dangerous venom, but there is something about animals and things that can do a lot of harm to you, that makes them that much more interesting.

 

[| Praxis |]

I want a Poecilotheria so bad. I'm not quite ready for something like that though. They can be dangerous to the owner. But they are so pretty.

Wow, that's amazing.

Edit: Ah, it was one of those that bit the youtuber tarantulaguy1976 in this video (you don't see the actual bite)

 

[Spider from Mars]

Spiders are dope as fuck

 

[Cow Mengde]

Yeah, I love the huge colorful spiders. Those things are beautiful.

 

[Theecliff]

NO

 

[Zocano]

Spiders are cool.

Arachnophobes are lame.

 

[Banana Aeon]

Spiders are so cool.

My favorite spiders are those that kill birds, because fuck birds. Noisy pieces of shit.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I made a video a while ago of my spider catching a cricket. Not terribly interesting I know

Video

Is that rose hair? We have one; it's startling how they go from absolutely stationary to those kind of movements.

I respect spiders more than I like them. The really fast giant house spiders scare the shit out of me, but so long as they are out of the house, I find them fascinating.

 

[bloodforge]

I like spiders.

Except when they crawl on me.

 

[| Praxis |]

Is that rose hair? We have one; it's startling how they go from absolutely stationary to those kind of movements.

I respect spiders more than I like them. The really fast giant house spiders scare the shit out of me, but so long as they are out of the house, I find them fascinating.

It's a salmon pink birdeater. She's much bigger now! Aggressive too, which is a shame.

I get loads of house spiders too. This was on my wall the other day

Come to think of it, that looks like a pube next to it. Consider that a bonus.

 

[Messofanego]

If I had 100% confidence that spiders won't fuck with me, then I'd fuck with them.

Outside of black widow/brown recluse/wandering/funnel web spiders having venom, most spiders can't hurt you. Heck, these ones mentioned won't bite unless if you provoke it really hard.

If a spider bites, it won't hurt more than a mosquito or bee sting. Their fangs (of 3500 species) are not strong enough to penetrate human skin.

Even if you provoke the hell out of a giant house spider (the most likely one you'll encounter), it won't bite.

Spider bite test: giant house spider

If I didn't know some of those facts or watching Quaoar Power's videos, I probably wouldn't be touching a house spider like I am here.

 

[faridmon]

No, Just NO.

And fuck this thread!

 

[HeelPower]

At best,they're exotic creatures to be admired from a massive,safe distance.

 

[Messofanego]

I made a video a while ago of my spider catching a cricket. Not terribly interesting I know

Video

lol nice music

 

[Toxi]

Heck, these ones mentioned won't bite unless if you provoke it really hard.

On the other hand, watch out for those urticating hairs.

 

[ipukespiders]

Dawwwww

 

[VARIA]

“There are no small matters. Just as there is no small life. The life of an insect, a spider, his life is as large as yours, and yours is as large as mine. Life is life. You wish to live as much as I do; you have spent seven months of hell, waiting day after day for what you needed . . . the way a spider waits. Think about the spider, he makes his web. Then he makes a little silk cave at the end of the web to sit in. He holds strands that lead to every part of the web, so that he will know when something to eat, something he must have to live, arrives. He waits. A day goes by. Two days. A week. He waits on; there is nothing he can do but wait. The little fisherman of the night . . . and perhaps something comes, and he lives, or nothing comes, and he waits and he thinks, ‘It won’t come in time. It is too late.’ And he is right, he dies still waiting.”
-Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer

 

[Messofanego]

On the other hand, watch out for those urticating hairs.

Yeah seen that before, now that I don't want to contend with. Thankfully, species with those hairs are so far away from me in South America