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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 133152" data-attributes="member: 27444"><p>Temperament with Ornatas is no different then any of my other pokies. I could hold my 8" female if i wanted too...the guy I purchased her from held her when I got her. I choose not to though. Saying they are more defensive is what hobbiest that have never owned one say because the venom is much stronger. Its all rubbish as far as im concerned. If I had anything to say about Ornatas it would be they are more skittish. Skittish doesn't = defensive. I've never seen a threat posture from any of My four Ornatas or the ones if had in the past.  My P. Metallica is my craziest pokie I have and that's the one "hobbiest" say to start with. It will throw up a threat posture if I touch it's enclosure.  It really doesn't matter when you jump into pokies which one you get first. All of them are gonna make you wish you didn't get bit by them...if that were to happen.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>