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<blockquote data-quote="bbbs53" data-source="post: 140937" data-attributes="member: 27439"><p>It is a valid opinion he has and I am fairly sure there is no offense in the way it is stated. Experience is what gave it to him and observation. A lot of us have been keeping these since 1990 or longer and nothing in his opinion is wrong. To get offended because you don't like the tone is ridiculous. If there was something offensive in it, get offended at the facts, not your impression of the "tone". Part of the trouble with the world in general is this exact problem, what you say is true but I don't like the way you said it, get over it already. Too many newbies make these very mistakes or find themselves in these situations, you can read it on this forum. One of the best ways to kill a tarantula is to drop it, this can be avoided by not handling them and most of us have taken that course. You can have whatever opinion on this subject you wish, however the fact remains it is still a great way to kill a spider. His assertion that they are individuals within a species is correct, having kept many, NONE of them behave the same or in a necessarily predictable manor according to species. Some are more docile and less spooked than others, they react differently to the same stimulus. No amount of handling will take the wild out of these creatures, they don't get picked up in nature unless it is to be eaten so it won't ever become used to being handled. One individual or another might tolerate it but there is no indication they get used to it or enjoy anything. Transferring human emotions on to anything usually leads to error, as he said they aren't 8 legged cats. Overreacting to the tone is counterproductive and a distraction from the original point which is still valid. To get better insight into this all I would recommend reading the Schultzes book on keeping these in captivity. If you want to be left alone, quit posting to this thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbbs53, post: 140937, member: 27439"] It is a valid opinion he has and I am fairly sure there is no offense in the way it is stated. Experience is what gave it to him and observation. A lot of us have been keeping these since 1990 or longer and nothing in his opinion is wrong. To get offended because you don't like the tone is ridiculous. If there was something offensive in it, get offended at the facts, not your impression of the "tone". Part of the trouble with the world in general is this exact problem, what you say is true but I don't like the way you said it, get over it already. Too many newbies make these very mistakes or find themselves in these situations, you can read it on this forum. One of the best ways to kill a tarantula is to drop it, this can be avoided by not handling them and most of us have taken that course. You can have whatever opinion on this subject you wish, however the fact remains it is still a great way to kill a spider. His assertion that they are individuals within a species is correct, having kept many, NONE of them behave the same or in a necessarily predictable manor according to species. Some are more docile and less spooked than others, they react differently to the same stimulus. No amount of handling will take the wild out of these creatures, they don't get picked up in nature unless it is to be eaten so it won't ever become used to being handled. One individual or another might tolerate it but there is no indication they get used to it or enjoy anything. Transferring human emotions on to anything usually leads to error, as he said they aren't 8 legged cats. Overreacting to the tone is counterproductive and a distraction from the original point which is still valid. To get better insight into this all I would recommend reading the Schultzes book on keeping these in captivity. If you want to be left alone, quit posting to this thread. [/QUOTE]
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