Recent content by Jigalojey

No that's not a wound... normal for a spider to have that.

Thanks all

Just a few pics for you all

Don't get me wrong I would love to own some of the Arboreal tarantulas you have access to and a one of the theraphosa's but I know I will never get that chance here so there is no point in dreading about it, just get on with it and enjoy what's available to us in Australia and I understand why...

Nah something about keepng T's from my own country is in a strange way satisfy, try not to compare the entire worlds tarantulas vs Australias, select continents like America and Africa and then compare, you will find our Tarantulas are quite different. These are only a few from out country, we...

Only Native Australian tarantula species are available to us, thankfully there is quite a lot of them and many have yet to be brought into the hobby.

Haha I like that reply, you see they have tough regards native species leaving the country (almost a full blown ban) Steve Nunn had to jump through some crazy hoops to get them exported to America like prove they're 3rd generation bred in captivity, get given permits and in the end he lost a...

Yep lol

Haha I'd say the same if I was on the other side of the fence, though hand pics seem to be my best pics by a mile, however notice there is one species there I showed with no hand pics?? Yeah that species is out of control lol.

Yeah they pack one hell of a bite, 9 hours of muscle cramps and vomiting, also have a 100% kill ratio on dogs and cats of all sizes.

No, I have heard of bushmen being tagged though and brought to tears hahaha

Thanks, just differences in the hobby I guess, Aus hobby seems to be 20 years behind in regards to holding because no one here has a problem with it, I do agree though, these are old worlds and must be handled with great care.

Anyway guys I hoped you enjoyed this thread, this took a lot longer than I thought it would to make.

Last but not least I will upload some videos My 5.5 inch Goliath male loaned for mating with Steve Nunns huge Goliath, here you can really see her size This is my Coremiocnemis tropix Striking, throwing up threats and strangulating like it's going out of fashion, very highly strung species...

Up next small but feisty. Coremiocnemis tropix This is Australia's Only known Coremiocnemis species, discovered in 2005 in damp rainforest areas up in the town of Cairns it was thought to be a dwarf sp, this tradition of calling it a dwarf lasted for many years until finally people asked 'why...