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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Combat Advantage" data-source="post: 177112" data-attributes="member: 33095">Rsmatt,You said, "Your information is based on opinion and second hand experience."Yes it is and I made that clear. That is why I gave a very brief credential. It's one thing to note the den vid. My point was a quick lunch break example that even an experienced keeper, which that European is now, makes mistakes. We agree that he can stand to learn quit alot. The vid showed that too.As to the actual obt variety, I could care less. Someone who has no experience with a critter with CONSEQUENCES is wondering the "ifs, ands, or buts," about getting into it. If you think I have no right to offer a little bit of help to this guy because I haven't OWNED one yet, you must lack the wisdom that comes with adulthood. I offered a little principle that might help him to decide for himself. You And anyone else can take it or leave it. Others have given opinions to which I trust will help ZP. I have given mine.  It's been established that this critter has a nasty bite, whatever that means. Could he lose a finger, or connective tissue that might limit his options in life for now on? I don't know. Maybe you know from first HAND "experience"?  Perhaps there's a long list of documented bites, photographs, or clinical data that you can lend YOUR wealth of experience to? I can't help there, neither will I pretend to know.I have raised other spiders and snakes that would give the toughest guy on earth a bad day...Creatures that will take limbs and NOT give them back. I learned a couple principles of handling/keeping wildlife that apply across the board. Newbies need someone with the foresight of maturity to provide what little insights we might have offer. Tell me what exactly is wrong with that, rs50matt?</blockquote>

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