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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PanzoN88" data-source="post: 186556" data-attributes="member: 4548">Short answer: the phobia and a Honduran T. albopilosum.long answer: It was late 2013, I had the phobia still and I tend to do a lot of thinking at night and I just started thinking about how much I love animals in general, then it hit me that I was terrified of tarantulas and spiders in general. Then one night while surfing the web (I was looking at reptiles at first) and I came across a youtube video about tarantulas (thank the lord I didn’t follow the advice in those videos, because it was that howcast junk), so I decided to look further and came across a jon3800 video featuring his late T. albopilosus, it was his guide that convinced me that it was time to get over the fear, so I watched his videos everyday for a little less than a year, but in April of 2014 he mentioned AB in one of his videos, so I checked it out and lurked until September of that year when I made an account and asked my own questions and posted my first wanted ad (I miss the vbulletin days). It was there that I bought my first tarantula a 1/4” T. albopilosus sling from a member that I’m not sure if he’s even in the hobby anymore. That tiny sling is now a confirmed female that is approaching 5” now.I will admit, I didn’t even expect to end up the way I am now. Although I’ll just blame [USER=1090]@Casey K.[/USER]  for adding to my addiction, because it just seems like the fun thing to do since I’ve bought from her more than anyone else as far as I can remember.</blockquote>

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