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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spyderdune" data-source="post: 237245" data-attributes="member: 38787"><p>I got bit only one time, that was with my first tarantula when I was 9 years old and it was a rose tarantula, completely my fault, but I remember being terrified back then, there was no information on venom and all there were was myth and legends lol I remember cutting the wound lol and trying to suck the venom out lol it wasn't even a really bad bite, but I got over it. The most pain I had was the bite itself. The fangs. Never been bit since, and it's been 43 years. Live and learn I suppose! Lol</p></blockquote><p></p>