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Message: <blockquote data-quote="entomology" data-source="post: 23773" data-attributes="member: 517"><p>Handling tarantulas- no tarantula likes being handles due to the fact that their "sensory bristles" pic up heat, movement , temperature etc etc and they always want to move off your hand or try run  up the arm and NEVER EVER try block off a Pokie when it runs on you, just take a deep breath and relax because if u do block of to catch u will get "nailed" for sure. I had made a handling video on the forums specifically with my metallica MF how to read when is a good time to handle or a bad time. They don't like being on another " living animal" that's why they try move off, bit because we love them as pets some species are just born aggressive and therefore not worth the risk. Any tarantula one handles comes with risk and the chance of a bite. Sometimes no warnings at all!!!  Go look on the site at entomology YouTube vids on handling and you will see there and hopefully shed some light. P ornata are not as bad as ppl make them out to be. Trust me although they are common  I recon the bite will be a painful experience, but handling them they are " chilled"</p></blockquote><p></p>