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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AHM76" data-source="post: 126156" data-attributes="member: 27670"><p>Thanks everyone for your input. Actually m. balfouri and h. pulchripes were 2 on my list of  Old World’s I wanted to acquire one day, I remember reading h. pulchripes was actually a pretty calm good beginner one, and of course m. balfouri has those stunning colors. I actually quite like how the OBT often has an attitude, feeding videos are always fun to watch but after I got the Tarantula Keepers guide and saw a photo of a bite that one of the authors (M. Schultz) received from an OBT it pretty much squashed my idea of ever getting one - I mean these are very experienced keepers that know what they’re doing right? I do like that the OW’s have no urticating hairs tho (my A. geniculata kicked hairs the first time I dropped a roach into her enclosure, so much for reading “seldom kicks hairs” when I ordered it) and I do love the coloration of some of the pokies...</p></blockquote><p></p>