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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 157839" data-attributes="member: 26980">Watch your @$$ with the C minax!!Personally, I wouldn't mess with that one myself, same with the Cobalt blue species.C minax is considered by some to be the most aggressive tarantula in the  hobby. It will outgrow it's enclosure. Be especially mindful when rehousing it. That's usually where complications occur.For my old worlds, I wear police type gloves that are resistant to needles used by junkies during pat down searches. Galls police catalog sells these to anyone for reasonable prices.There are many great YouTube videos on rehousing fossoral aggressive tarantulas & yes there are reports of these charging people, running up the arms, biting over and over again.  I have no idea how accurate these are.Complications also arise when people try to keep them like terrestrials. These guys like to dig deep and remain out of sight. They are referred to as pet holes.There are many OW species that aren't nearly as ornary & most just run away "teleporting" basically like greased lightning.Still, many people keep these successfully and never get bitten.Frankly, personally, I don't want to mess with these but I've researched them quite a bit.</blockquote>