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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 132618" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>Not much response so I'll open with my very first tarantula experience which was in February. </p><p>Being used to scorpions and centipedes I was all set. I set up lamps for good visibility. I had a tub with a lid to work in, catch cup ready, tongs, poker and my favourite implement, a long handled spoon all laid out. </p><p>I picked up the vial containing my very first tarantula and carefully unscrewed the lid over the work tub, I slowly removed the lid ready to set the tub down and the spider sprang out like a jack in a box onto my thumb! I instinctively threw the vial into the tub like it was a hot coal, I must have made a face and probably a sound as my wife cracked up laughing!</p><p>Luckily the spider was okay, it had still held on to the tissue in the vial with its back legs and pulled safely inside. </p><p>The tarantula was a 1" Selenotypus plumipes "Northern Territory", an old world species that later proved to have a nasty disposition, one night it tried to attack me through the "glass" three times just for looking at it! </p><p>So that was my introduction to tarantulas!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 132618, member: 27677"] Not much response so I'll open with my very first tarantula experience which was in February. Being used to scorpions and centipedes I was all set. I set up lamps for good visibility. I had a tub with a lid to work in, catch cup ready, tongs, poker and my favourite implement, a long handled spoon all laid out. I picked up the vial containing my very first tarantula and carefully unscrewed the lid over the work tub, I slowly removed the lid ready to set the tub down and the spider sprang out like a jack in a box onto my thumb! I instinctively threw the vial into the tub like it was a hot coal, I must have made a face and probably a sound as my wife cracked up laughing! Luckily the spider was okay, it had still held on to the tissue in the vial with its back legs and pulled safely inside. The tarantula was a 1" Selenotypus plumipes "Northern Territory", an old world species that later proved to have a nasty disposition, one night it tried to attack me through the "glass" three times just for looking at it! So that was my introduction to tarantulas! [/QUOTE]
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