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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 210481" data-attributes="member: 27444"><p>I have High blood pressure and I'm diabetic. I've been bitten  by a few tarantulas in my 40 years in the hobby. Poecilotheria ornata and Stromatopelma calceatum are two of the nastiest bites one can take. Ive been bit by both.  I had to go to the ER to get my finger reset after the ornata bite. They had zero concerns about my heart.  It always seems to be the ones that have never experienced a bite that seem to be the experts or spread fear to others. Did it hurt, hell yeah. Do I want to get bit again, hell no. But grabbing at straws trying to say it may kill you is B.S. We have been living with tarantulas for 1000s of years and not one recorded death for any reason.</p></blockquote><p></p>