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<blockquote data-quote="Stan Schultz" data-source="post: 145033" data-attributes="member: 28438"><p>Forgive me, but I had to chuckle a little about the long discourse comment, and then you went ahead and did so anyway! It's okay. It's all good. Thank you for clearing that up, though.</p><p></p><p>Roses appear to be "pet rocks" because they adapted so well to living in the stretch of desert along the west coast of South America that they've evolved habit patterns and behaviors much different than many other tarantulas. Basically, when the going gets tough for them, they hunker down and withdraw. They shut down and almost literally die. When it gets too hot or too cold, their heart rate drops as low as about one beat per minute, for instance! And, the records for both not eating and for going without molting both seem to be a few weeks more than <strong>THREE YEARS</strong>! This makes them really tough and hardy, not to mention "newbie proof." But it also tends to mislead inexperienced enthusiasts into thinking that all tarantulas are like that.</p><p></p><p>The forest species of tarantulas (but not necessarily the arboreals) generally are much more active and interesting. One of my particular favorites are the curlyhairs, <em>Brachypelma albopilosum</em>. They're also one of the more intelligent kinds of tarantulas. They <strong>LEARN</strong> who you are! If you go about it the right way, you can even teach them to do few very simple tricks!</p><p></p><p>If you ever decide that you'd like something different, I'd strongly urge you to get perhaps three of these as babies and start manipulating them with your bare hands as soon as you can. Apparently, before they can learn to do tricks for you they have to learn to recognize you through your body odor and perhaps your subtle behavioral patterns.</p><p></p><p>Why three? It's a sexual/behavioral thing. And a probability thing. You want a female for this sort of thing because the males will only live five years or so. The females will live 15 to 20 years. And the males tend to be hypertensive. The females are more laid back and easier to handle.</p><p></p><p>And if you get three babies of undetermined sex, you will have 7 chances out of 8 of getting at least one female. And what do you do with all those extra males? Trade them with other enthusiasts for a share of any of their offspring, perhaps. Or a number of babies of yet another kind of tarantula.</p><p></p><p>Food for thought, no?</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stan Schultz, post: 145033, member: 28438"] Forgive me, but I had to chuckle a little about the long discourse comment, and then you went ahead and did so anyway! It's okay. It's all good. Thank you for clearing that up, though. Roses appear to be "pet rocks" because they adapted so well to living in the stretch of desert along the west coast of South America that they've evolved habit patterns and behaviors much different than many other tarantulas. Basically, when the going gets tough for them, they hunker down and withdraw. They shut down and almost literally die. When it gets too hot or too cold, their heart rate drops as low as about one beat per minute, for instance! And, the records for both not eating and for going without molting both seem to be a few weeks more than [B]THREE YEARS[/B]! This makes them really tough and hardy, not to mention "newbie proof." But it also tends to mislead inexperienced enthusiasts into thinking that all tarantulas are like that. The forest species of tarantulas (but not necessarily the arboreals) generally are much more active and interesting. One of my particular favorites are the curlyhairs, [I]Brachypelma albopilosum[/I]. They're also one of the more intelligent kinds of tarantulas. They [B]LEARN[/B] who you are! If you go about it the right way, you can even teach them to do few very simple tricks! If you ever decide that you'd like something different, I'd strongly urge you to get perhaps three of these as babies and start manipulating them with your bare hands as soon as you can. Apparently, before they can learn to do tricks for you they have to learn to recognize you through your body odor and perhaps your subtle behavioral patterns. Why three? It's a sexual/behavioral thing. And a probability thing. You want a female for this sort of thing because the males will only live five years or so. The females will live 15 to 20 years. And the males tend to be hypertensive. The females are more laid back and easier to handle. And if you get three babies of undetermined sex, you will have 7 chances out of 8 of getting at least one female. And what do you do with all those extra males? Trade them with other enthusiasts for a share of any of their offspring, perhaps. Or a number of babies of yet another kind of tarantula. Food for thought, no? Cheers, [/QUOTE]
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