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<blockquote data-quote="Poec54" data-source="post: 40417" data-attributes="member: 3524"><p>Rosea's/porteri's are famous for mood swings. Calm ones can molt and be defensive for the rest of their lives. Many stories of them being unpredictable, and defensive without warning. They're popular in the hobby because they're the cheapest of w/c adult tarantulas, and they're very hardy. Not because of their easy going temperaments. </p><p></p><p>I've got hundreds of tarantulas and none of them are welcoming They're wild animals, intruders often kill them. I wouldn't expect any tarantula to welcome a large intruder. I much prefer them to act naturally. Tarantulas are never 'aggressive.' They're territorial. In the wild their lives revolve a few square feet of soil. At times they defend that with their lives. In captivity, that cages is theirs, not yours. At times they will defend it, regardless of your good intentions. Don't be surprised when that happens. They also leap on food when they're hungry, and may not realize what they've bitten until after the fact. I certainly wouldn't trust them around my fingers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Poec54, post: 40417, member: 3524"] Rosea's/porteri's are famous for mood swings. Calm ones can molt and be defensive for the rest of their lives. Many stories of them being unpredictable, and defensive without warning. They're popular in the hobby because they're the cheapest of w/c adult tarantulas, and they're very hardy. Not because of their easy going temperaments. I've got hundreds of tarantulas and none of them are welcoming They're wild animals, intruders often kill them. I wouldn't expect any tarantula to welcome a large intruder. I much prefer them to act naturally. Tarantulas are never 'aggressive.' They're territorial. In the wild their lives revolve a few square feet of soil. At times they defend that with their lives. In captivity, that cages is theirs, not yours. At times they will defend it, regardless of your good intentions. Don't be surprised when that happens. They also leap on food when they're hungry, and may not realize what they've bitten until after the fact. I certainly wouldn't trust them around my fingers. [/QUOTE]
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