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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spiderengineer" data-source="post: 8841" data-attributes="member: 515"><p>OBT are one of those spider your fear and love. they are beautiful, great webbers, and practically un-killable (I mean they hardy and you can't really screw up with them). at the same time they are fast, highly defensive, and have potent venom.  so I can see why your husband is saying no, so I would say don't rush him with changing his mind, because they are not going to leave the hobby so you have plenty of time. personally I think the best way to convince him is to start small with a OBT sling. they are dirt cheep like 10 bucks a sling. at the small size they are more skittish than defensive. that way you husband would grow with the OBT and by the time he is not terrified of it. he will love it instead of fear and then you can deal with the defensive nature of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>