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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 38876" data-attributes="member: 1070">At the moment,my LP's fang length is 2.5cm,doesn't sound like much. We then took the molt apart, just using the fang itself compared it next to our fingers hands etc. You can clearly see it will Pierce and penetrate,let's say for one second it doesn't go through what about muscle damage for starters. Now here comes the even scarier part,tarantulas posses natural epidermic needles fangs. Does anyone for one second believe they sterilise before they bite ? Hundreds maybe thousands of bacteria on those fangs. When people get bitten they attribute symptoms to the poor tarantulas venom,who says it isn't an outside influence since many complain of normal things the body goes through when the defensive mechanisms kick in.Let's look at it like this, when the human body is attacked poisoned you will feel nauseated vomit have headaches. These are some symptoms mentioned in bite reports,I'm not saying the venom isn't part of it but bacteria may also play a part in worsening the effects. So when looking at a bite,there are in MY OPINION many facets not just the venom.</blockquote>