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<blockquote data-quote="Josh's Frogs" data-source="post: 236874" data-attributes="member: 49228"><p><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>The species epithet “</strong><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><em>hatihati</em></strong></span></span><strong>” for the Purple Earth Tiger (<em>Phormingochilus hatihati)</em> comes from Indonesian and translates to "be careful". This name is a warning about the spider's bite and the caution required when dealing with it. This species is known to become defensive quite easily. Immediately after snapping this picture, this individual raised up her front legs to invite me to be anywhere in the entire world except right there. I decided to take her up on her offer after I gave her a couple of crickets, respected her wishes, and DID NOT test her boundaries!!</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>[ATTACH=full]75430[/ATTACH]</strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josh's Frogs, post: 236874, member: 49228"] [COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)][SIZE=5][B]The species epithet “[/B][COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)][SIZE=5][B][I]hatihati[/I][/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][B]” for the Purple Earth Tiger ([I]Phormingochilus hatihati)[/I] comes from Indonesian and translates to "be careful". This name is a warning about the spider's bite and the caution required when dealing with it. This species is known to become defensive quite easily. Immediately after snapping this picture, this individual raised up her front legs to invite me to be anywhere in the entire world except right there. I decided to take her up on her offer after I gave her a couple of crickets, respected her wishes, and DID NOT test her boundaries!! [ATTACH type="full" width="670px"]75430[/ATTACH][/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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