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Is it really worth it?

IamKrush

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Ken the bug guy has a Pachistopelma bromelicola listed at $189.00 for 1 inch! He's all like new and rare and pretty lol, which is good............but if that's the case, finding a opposite breeder will be daunting at best! My first thought was...don't shoot me guys lol....hybridization. Although I'm not a fan doing that with spiders number one it's risky business for no pay off but...it's Avic sub fam! Honestly it looks like a less pretty knock off versicolor lol. Anybody got XP with these guys? How hard are they to come buy really? It's still a nice spider. I'm really considering it but...I am investing in fun breeding adventures. What do you guys think? Good or bad investment?
There's already a hybrid avic
 

Arachnes' Acolyte

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There's already a hybrid avic
Terrible......just terrible lol. I get it happens on occasion in nature but...they are a gorgeous genus by themselves. That's almost as bad as polluting the pokeys! Or bird eaters lol. It's a slap in the face! The last thing this hobby needs is some T blondI psycho hybrid running a muck being a killing machine like the movie Arachnophobia lol.....I'm pretty sure the man would shut us down lol. We'd be selling wolf spiders and GD longlegs talking but "the good old days" lol.
 

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Terrible......just terrible lol. I get it happens on occasion in nature but...they are a gorgeous genus by themselves. That's almost as bad as polluting the pokeys! Or bird eaters lol. It's a slap in the face! The last thing this hobby needs is some T blondI psycho hybrid running a muck being a killing machine like the movie Arachnophobia lol.....I'm pretty sure the man would shut us down lol. We'd be selling wolf spiders and GD longlegs talking but "the good old days" lol.
They are working on that T blondi idea with a T.blondi and a pitbull
 

Arachnes' Acolyte

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Man, I'm so glad to hear that! I thought I might have misunderstood. I actually HAVE a Brachypelma boehmei/baumgarteni hybrid. Some fools a few years ago decided to mate the two and sell the offspring into the hobby. I now have a gorgeous female that I can't breed because of this. SO irritating.

My apologies for not getting it. I'm totally clear now! :)
Thank u for letting me explain lol. I think I may have phased it weird....gave people the wrong idea. I read some of the coments....I was like noooooooo that's not what I meant lol. Yeah that sounds crappy to have a big beautiful animal that u can't breed. People don't think things through sometimes.
 

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Lmfao..I wish I could have seen his face though.......probably gave me the ol' Hank Hill....."bwaaahhh dang it Bobby!"....priceless lol
Never watched King of the Hill so i had to look this up ;) and it's close, I was actually thinking WTF? Let's see what we can get stirred up here... ;)
Haha! He probably has military issue machine guns lmao!
the civilian version AR15 in a .223 ;)
 

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