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It's very much a reality. I paired my porteri four times. The first three times she was a perfect, gentle lady. The last time, she caught us both by surprise and immediately crunched her fangs through the top of his carapace It was my fault because I had already witnessed a succesful insertion, and wanted to be sure, and pushed it too far. He was the coolest, sweetest spider Ive ever had. She spent three days eating him. She kept going back to the juicy abdomen...ahh god...*sob* ...uhguhhuuuu..I need my pills...Yeah if he's on a loan from another member then I would do everything possible to protect him. My plan is to have some sort of divider - plexiglass / lid to a sterile tub and some tongs, basically hover over them on the ready to intervene if needed. I guess I'll see how it goes when the time comes, things never seem to go exactly as you plan it out in your mind. I've heard/read of those perfect breedings with no aggression what so ever and the male can simply walk away from her without harm, dunno how much of a reality that is.