https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8719773/endangered-blue-tarantula-venomous-barcelona/
Sensationalising and irresponsible!
Sensationalising and irresponsible!
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seriously?????!!!!!
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It had to be the Sun 
in fairness to The Sun, they only report on the idiots out there though. Funniest line....its pretty good at climbing. So unusual for an arboreal species that!!! PMSL.It had to be the Sun
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That's true and unfortunately there are plenty of them around.
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What a wanker....
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I thought it was amusing until the very end and then BAM! "ALLERGIC" At which point I threw my phone at a baby.
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Beautiful T but he might as well be playing with fire what an idiot....
If it's his spider then he knows it better than us. In general you wouldn't assume you could handle a pokie but it's not unheard of for them to be docile in the same way a "perfect beginner species" can sometimes be defensive
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I agree, my P. met. is probably the calmest T I have and I have handled her, only once in an emergency but she didn't attack and I only realised how silly I was afterwards but I had to save her from a cat when her container got broken.
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Same with my metallica. Although the risk of a bad mood is high with poecis in general, imo. I have had defensive strikes from the same metallica when doing maintenance and feeding. I wouldn't ever handle one on purpose, unless like you said, it was an emergency.
