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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WolfSpider" data-source="post: 144596" data-attributes="member: 24627">I don't have any research on these issues, but the biggest concern in importing animals is colonization of local fauna or the importation of disease.As far as tarantulas go.  In Iceland, as you pointed out, escape and colonization is impossible.  In my 24 years of medical service, I have never heard of any arachnid carrying a disease harmful to humans or other local fauna.  B. hamorii would be a great starter species, since its venom is quite weak for humans.</blockquote>