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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MBullock" data-source="post: 221842" data-attributes="member: 33994"><p>It's true.  They have good memory and smell, they remember you.  Ive seen videos of huge subspinipes being calm and very tolerant of handling- pede intelligence is way higher than any spider, it reminds me more of crustacean intelligence.  Thats not to say they wont bite though- if you have sugar on your hands you will be gnawed on and they will pinch with their forcipules to grab you and it WILL hurt.</p></blockquote><p></p>