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Eighth Eye Blind reacted to Phototoxin's post in the thread First Annotated Genome of a Tarantula Published! with
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As someone with a bit of a genetics background this is amazing stuff. Soon my genetically engineered riding spider army will happen!! -
Eighth Eye Blind reacted to Tarantula Trooper's post in the thread -EMERGENCY- I thought my g. pulchra was dead, did I disturb her at the beginning of a molt? with Like.
Lol, have male Xenesthis sp Blue that is somewhat reliable at taking a belt or three. Lol!
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Eighth Eye Blind reacted to Tarantula Trooper's post in the thread -EMERGENCY- I thought my g. pulchra was dead, did I disturb her at the beginning of a molt? with Like.
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Eighth Eye Blind replied to the thread -EMERGENCY- I thought my g. pulchra was dead, did I disturb her at the beginning of a molt?.I have an A. chalcodes who goes to her water dish and takes a long slurp every time I fill it. Only T I've ever seen with a drinking...
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Eighth Eye Blind reacted to Gizalba's post in the thread First Annotated Genome of a Tarantula Published! with Like.
Thanks for this, am reading it in parts but really interesting! :)
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Eighth Eye Blind posted the thread First Annotated Genome of a Tarantula Published! in General Tarantula Discussion.I know this is as exciting as a webbed-in fossorial to most people here, but there's some big news in T biology that's sure to stir the...
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Eighth Eye Blind replied to the thread 1.5" b. hamorii sticking near water dish most of the time.I 100% agree with Trooper. In the wild, both B. hamorii and B. smithi tend to adopt burrows close to water sources. We don't know...
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Eighth Eye Blind reacted to Tarantula Trooper's post in the thread 1.5" b. hamorii sticking near water dish most of the time with Like.
All the things you've described through your post all seem to be normal T behavior. If you think your T likes the water bowl with its...
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Eighth Eye Blind replied to the thread 1.5" B. Hamorii - odd behaviour?.It's a perfectly normal defensive behavior. Half of my T's do it too. Nobody likes to have unexpected dinner guests show up during a...
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Eighth Eye Blind replied to the thread Creatures of the north.100% agree. I have literally watched two tenured professors with decades of experience looking at T's sit at a microscope and argue...
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Bearer of bad news here. Yes you may get you're tarantula without issue, I have also used him in the past with no issues, but, it's...
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Eighth Eye Blind replied to the thread Pet Store Rescue.Actually there is. PetSmart in the US will surrender "unsellable" animals to rescues. I acquired two older juvenile T's that way...
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Eighth Eye Blind reacted to m0lsx's post in the thread Switched substrate for 1.30" DLS G. Pulchra and it's a little "moist" to the touch, can I avoid over-flowing the water dish for now? with Like.
That is because it simply removed the outer moisture & to remove moisture from the substrate in an oven use very low heat. Just warm the...
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Eighth Eye Blind replied to the thread Switched substrate for 1.30" DLS G. Pulchra and it's a little "moist" to the touch, can I avoid over-flowing the water dish for now?.LOL. That's (unintentionally) geo-specific. 90% of Americans have never seen a rediator except in a car.
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The effects only get worse. When it 1st started affecting me it was just a slight itch between my fingers. I tend to stick to old world...