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Good day.
so a bit about me..
I am from South Africa and i have grown up with animals.. mostly loved the ones other people didn't..
for example when i was in school i had written an exam with wild caught Puff added in my bag.. this was only cause i rescued it on my way to the exam room..
I have always had a fascination with Tarantula's and have kept some baboon Spiders and so on in the past.. but never really got to have them for more than a few weeks..
There where a few ups and downs. for example.. as a 13 year or kid i had come accros this impressive hole in the ground.. spent hours trying to find out whats in it.. eventually decided to go look at night with a torch and it was a Horned Baboon.. (Theraphosidae ceratogyrus darlingi) beautiful species.. Hid it from my mom and kept it in a fish tank.. after about a week or so i woke up and found it on its back.. I thought it had died.. and got rid of it.. turns out that was a huge mistake as i learned later that it was most likely molting... Big mistake and i am quite ashamed of it.. taking this majestic animal out of the wild and not knowing what i was doing..
So a friend of a friends wife forced him to get rid of hes Tarantula's.
and i got these for free. (I still think the poor guy has to regret it)
1. Trinidad Chevron (Psalmopoeus cambridgei)
1. Green Bottle Blue (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
1. Salmon Pink (Lasiodora parahybana) think so....
I think its a Salmon pink.. but im not sure.. as i didn't speak to the guy personally.. hes wife just left them on my doorstep..
In Light of this.. I think I am actually quite Lucky... cause my Fiance has a huge phobia regarding spiders.. and previous attempts of getting tarantulas failed miserably with conversations ending with Never! Now she was forced to have a look at them.. and actually seems to be getting over her fear.. Means I can posibly get more.
Psalmopoeus cambridgei
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Ventral
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Ventral
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Feeding Video (Sorry first time i had ever uploaded anything to youtube...)
Lasiodora parahybana think so??
Lasiodora parahybana (Cell phone pic. Il try and get better)
Lasiodora parahybana think so?? Ventral
Thanks a lot.
Looking forward to being an active participant on this awesome forum.
so a bit about me..
I am from South Africa and i have grown up with animals.. mostly loved the ones other people didn't..
for example when i was in school i had written an exam with wild caught Puff added in my bag.. this was only cause i rescued it on my way to the exam room..
I have always had a fascination with Tarantula's and have kept some baboon Spiders and so on in the past.. but never really got to have them for more than a few weeks..
There where a few ups and downs. for example.. as a 13 year or kid i had come accros this impressive hole in the ground.. spent hours trying to find out whats in it.. eventually decided to go look at night with a torch and it was a Horned Baboon.. (Theraphosidae ceratogyrus darlingi) beautiful species.. Hid it from my mom and kept it in a fish tank.. after about a week or so i woke up and found it on its back.. I thought it had died.. and got rid of it.. turns out that was a huge mistake as i learned later that it was most likely molting... Big mistake and i am quite ashamed of it.. taking this majestic animal out of the wild and not knowing what i was doing..
So a friend of a friends wife forced him to get rid of hes Tarantula's.
and i got these for free. (I still think the poor guy has to regret it)
1. Trinidad Chevron (Psalmopoeus cambridgei)
1. Green Bottle Blue (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
1. Salmon Pink (Lasiodora parahybana) think so....
I think its a Salmon pink.. but im not sure.. as i didn't speak to the guy personally.. hes wife just left them on my doorstep..
In Light of this.. I think I am actually quite Lucky... cause my Fiance has a huge phobia regarding spiders.. and previous attempts of getting tarantulas failed miserably with conversations ending with Never! Now she was forced to have a look at them.. and actually seems to be getting over her fear.. Means I can posibly get more.
Psalmopoeus cambridgei
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Ventral
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Ventral
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Feeding Video (Sorry first time i had ever uploaded anything to youtube...)
Lasiodora parahybana think so??
Lasiodora parahybana (Cell phone pic. Il try and get better)
Lasiodora parahybana think so?? Ventral
Thanks a lot.
Looking forward to being an active participant on this awesome forum.
That looks like a Salmon Pink to me, I have one that's just a sling and a I have a small Green Bottle Blue too. Great photos
