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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chubbs" data-source="post: 70063" data-attributes="member: 1084"><p>All pokie venom is pretty similar, and a bite from one is definitely not something to take lightly. Obviously symptoms are going to range from person to person, and the severity of said symptoms can depend on many factors such as where you were bitten, your age as well as your height and weight, how strong of an immune system you have, the size of the spider, and things like that. In short, Poecilotheria venom is among the most powerful of any tarantula period, and it's a very good thing that these are not defensive spiders. This is taken from the "Tarantula Keeper's Guide' by Stan and Marguerite Shultz describing some of the symptoms some have experienced from a P.regalis bite "Indian Ornamental's bites have been reported to produce dizziness, nausea, sweating, racing heartbeat, localized muscle cramps, sever pain, and minor swelling for twenty-four to forty-eight hours. Furthermore there are reports of people who were bitten suffering relapses several months to a year or more after the initial bite." (Schultz, p.348). I have heard that P.ornata and P.subfusca have even more potent venom than your average pokie, and people who have bitten have definitely confirmed this, however there has not been any official research conducted that would prove such claims to be true.</p></blockquote><p></p>