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Please confirm sex - T albopilosum suspect female. Many thanks!
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Looks male to me
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Hi
its a female.
You can barely see the spermathecae as moult is not stretched properly
its a female.
You can barely see the spermathecae as moult is not stretched properly
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100% female!
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Looks like some people could do with giving this a read through - https://tarantulaforum.com/threads/how-to-sex-your-tarantula.281/
What you are seeing there are male accessory organs not spermathecae. You'll notice there is no bursa copulatrix or uterus externus in sight. Also albopilosum have fused spermathecae not paired.
What you are seeing there are male accessory organs not spermathecae. You'll notice there is no bursa copulatrix or uterus externus in sight. Also albopilosum have fused spermathecae not paired.
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Well, I retract my statement, then. That's what I get for rushing into it, lol.
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If they do start off as seperate structures then they fuse within the first couple of moults before you can see them on the shed skin. More likely they were paired once but evolved into fused spermathecae over the years and are a single structure from the get go.
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NottsM
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OK, so after some initial differences of opinion - we are going with male. This is the whole point of us having a forum - for constructive and educational discussion. Many thanks to all those that took the time to participate and contribute to this thread, I will go away with the help that I needed.
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Why is gender-non-specific not a choice?
No one is taking the tarantulas's sense of self-identity and feelings into consideration.
We treat these animals like objects and I object for the tarantulas.
No one is taking the tarantulas's sense of self-identity and feelings into consideration.
We treat these animals like objects and I object for the tarantulas.
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Why is gender-non-specific not a choice?
No one is taking the tarantulas's sense of self-identity and feelings into consideration.
We treat these animals like objects and I object for the tarantulas.
Oh no!!! You're not one of "those", are you???
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What she said!
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@plessey couldn't you find a better meme?
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Nah this one pretty much nails it and it has the bonus effect of triggering people with TDS
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In my defense I seriously wasn't paying that close of attention to the picture before responding....my fingers have a tendency to override everything else.
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BUT YES. I AM WRONG. IT IS A MALE. NOT A FEMALE.
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I sincerely hope no one thinks that I'm a liberal. No offense to anyone who is but I am 100% a ride or die gun totin' republican.
