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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phil" data-source="post: 155303" data-attributes="member: 4151">attention seeking, pioneering or whatever, given the potential effects of being bitten at some stage (even if it's at transition rather then sitting)' irritation from urticating hairs and the main reason of all.... your spider could be damaged/killed if not prepared properly for handling,  my personal advice is, and will always be, please don't handle your T**Obviously there are times when like [USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER] says, they run up your arm or they escape and you have to intervene, so I am talking about the conscious decision made to handle (for whatever reason)</blockquote>