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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 37816" data-attributes="member: 1152">Well now...this took a turn. It's starting to sound like a "dog person vs. cat person" debate! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Seriously, this shouldn't devolve into an argument that draws a line between "pro rosie" and "anti rosie" keepers. We all love tarantulas, an animal that most find abhorrent, and we need to keep that in mind. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Although I, personally, love the species, I certainly think that others have a right to not be so keen on it (and many offered valid reasons why they would refuse a free one). One of the wonderful parts of this hobby is that there are just so many genera and species of tarantulas, that folks are bound to have different favorites and different ones that they'd take for free, especially if space is at a premium. On the other hand, I think it's natural for anyone who keeps a specific species or breed of animal to feel defensive when they hear something negative about it (hence why the rosie lovers bristled a bit at the original post that started all of this). Hell, as an owner of two Pit bull-type dogs, I understand the feeling that you need to defend the animal when someone speaks ill of them. But let's focus on the things about this hobby that we agree on and share, and not ****er about the small things. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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