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Message: <blockquote data-quote="katiekatelyn" data-source="post: 36735" data-attributes="member: 2931">I was trying to avoid the whole cutting him open and seeing what his insides looked like. I saw a video on YouTube of a taxidermist doing it and while I'm not shy about gore and grossness, I couldn't do that to him. I'd feel like I was desecrating his remains or something. So far I have him stretched out on a plate in my kitchen. Funny story, my best friend (who I'm pretty sure hates all my pets- not just the spiders) walked into my kitchen and let out a bloodcurdling scream when she saw him. His abdomen is a little shriveled, I guess I should freeze him but I don't have a spare Tupperware to put him in yet.I took in an abandoned rabbit yesterday as a sort of response to the emptiness of Zeus's huge tank. Maybe I'll name her Hera as a tribute.Thanks for the kind words, everyone. No one else understands the loss of a fabulous, amazing, giant, hissing, hair-flicking tarantula quite like you guys. <3</blockquote>