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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sabeth" data-source="post: 14269" data-attributes="member: 545">I think the difference between aggressive Ts and those that are just skittish, are that the aggressive Ts will actually try to attack you (as in biting). Where a skittish T might just try to run away from the disturbance, flick hairs or shoot feces, an aggressive T will target the disturbance and launch some sort of attack. I also have a B. smithi juvie and she is very docile, but she did kick hairs at me one time; and since her recent molt she has been a little more excitable. Bites from B. smithi are extremely rare and are usually dry (no venom injected) when they do occur. If your smithi is nervous and/or flicks hairs, I wouldn't call her aggressive, just skittish and defensive. If she were ever to bite it would probably just be a warning, not all-out aggression.</blockquote>