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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrKrowe" data-source="post: 155193" data-attributes="member: 28893">To a spider you are a wet, sticky, vibrating, threatening giant. It will only want to get away from you to a lesser or greater extent.Unless in cases of need, handling is done for the spider keeper not the spider. Decide what kind of keeper you are before considering handling.Anyone handling or provoking a spider for any reason other than the health/safety of the spider, or for genuine research or for things such as venom harvesting, is acting for the most shallow of reasons.</blockquote>