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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 61502" data-attributes="member: 1152">For most docile, I would definitely go with my female Euathlus sp. red. Every time I open the enclosure to feed her or to perform maintenance, this little girl calmly tries to calmly craw out to explore. I generally don't hold my tarantulas, but I've found myself handling her a couple times as I scooped her up to get her back into her cage.As for the more defensive (I don't have any I would call "aggressive"), I think I really luck out in that the majority of my Ts, even my Old Worlds, are quite chill. I do have one Phormictopus sp. purple young adult that has shown a bit of attitude, but I think that it can probably be chalked up to a great feeding response. A couple times now, he has tried to charge out of the enclosure and at me.</blockquote>