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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghost" data-source="post: 51969" data-attributes="member: 3461">I have to agree with Chubbs on this one.You can watch as many videos and do as much research as you like but there's no substitute for real world experience when it comes to dealing with fast defensive T's.Watching a video of a keeper with years of experience doing a rehouse on say an adult H.mac without any problems dose not mean a newbie should think that there ready to run out and buy one just because a experienced keeper on a video made it look easy.......Wow! So you don't think that governments would ever ban certain species of T's ? In that case you should do a google search and see for yourself how many species of T's that have already been banned in Hamburg Germany,and that's a city that holds a large reptile show every year.Now if it could happen there it's not inconceivable that it could happen anywhere,this is why experienced keepers suggest that novice keepers gain the experience required before rushing out and buying pokies and OBTs.Its not because we want to keep them all for ourselves it's because we don't want to see the hobby that we've been in for years put in jeopardy because a novice keeper can't wait to gain experience and thinks they can jump right into the deep end and to hell with the consequences.......</blockquote>