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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 191680" data-attributes="member: 31253">Thanks for that info and list of what you own. The problem is the more homework I do the more mixed messages I get <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> But I already have Psalmopoeus and always wanted to own that genus regardless of if I ever got a pokie, so I guess I will find out how their natures compare via my own experiment <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> It is very interesting how people have such varying views on this. One of the places I got that advice from I will attach below. I did also find other people with lots of owning experience backing this up, but of course it is all based on personal experiences rather than controlled experiments. I guess there isn't much research on the actual potency of tarantula venom. I have found a recorded (just after the bite happened) instance of a pokie bite and a separate one of a Stromatopelma Calceatum bite that looked/sounded awful. I struggle to find any of Psalmopoeus I think just because both are probably rare with the correct care of the Ts, not because the latter is any less likely. Of course I can't draw any conclusions from 2 accounts but I do find it hard to believe that I wouldn't rather have a bite from a new world tarantula, when everywhere else I've read state that Pokie bites give the most severe effects, cramping, muscle spasms, intense pain etc. Although I know the Psalmopoeus are from everything I've read more defensive/fast/likely to bite. If the consensus changes over the years to your present view, regarding chucking out the old belief that Psalmopoeus have moderate venom somewhere stronger than other new worlds but not as strong as old worlds, I'd be very happy to be proven wrong as that would be interesting. Obviously I hope not to be proven wrong via getting bitten by a Psalmopoeus myself <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> [ATTACH=full]54811[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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