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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Megmelodia" data-source="post: 40229" data-attributes="member: 3571">Hi,I'm really interested keeping a pet tarantula, my daughter loves spiders and I've always wanted one myself. My only concern is, what environmental implications are there to keeping trantulas? Or are there specific species that should not be obtained for conservation reasons? I don't normally condone keeping wild animals as pets, including parrots, because it fuels illegal poaching of threatened species, and their needs are often not met in captivity. Thanks for your time, any and all feedback is welcome.</blockquote>