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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Josh's Frogs" data-source="post: 237833" data-attributes="member: 49228">You mad, bro’? Some species of tarantulas are known to be easily provoked to give a defensive display. This is known as a, “Threat Pose”. They raise up their numbers one and two leg pairs, exposing their fangs. These are normally tucked up underneath them, to keep them out of the way. But, being oriented down, they can not bite directly in front of them. They have to raise them above their intended target and slam them down, reinforcing the bite by grabbing their target and bringing them towards them, driving their fangs deeper and with more force. While that all sounds impressive, or even maybe a bit intimidating, remember that anything that is not directly below their fangs are reasonably safe from them. For all the ferocity of their fangs, they are actually quite vulnerable, particularly from above and behind. They are frequently prey to birds and larger, predatory flying insects, like wasps. Most tarantulas do not want to be called out on what is usually a bluff, so they posture in place, striking at air. While the threat of a tarantula bite is easy to avoid when you are being careful and aware, too many careless keepers have found out the hard way that not being fatal is not quite the same thing as harmless. Be careful, read your tarantula’s body language and their threat pose will be nothing more than posture.[ATTACH=full]75870[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]75871[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]75872[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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