BeArDy
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Anyone else keep spiders as pets ?
just got one today.....


thinking of splitting the tank into 2 and getting another one.
looks ace then the lights on and its dark, it walks along the side of the tanks and puts a 3 foots shadow of a spider on the walk 
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eddiewhiteley
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jesus,you wouldnt see me for dust if that thing was anywhere near me
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willay
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you are fucking weird.
also, OFF DAY!
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Daniel_Corsa
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Don't mind the odd spider but having that takes the piss 
Can you come to me instead of me coming to yours for engine conversion afraid it may escape and eat me 
Bit different from the normal tropical fish usually in those tanks

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Pop
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i have the same model of a 206 wrc like you do on the shelf under the spider ..
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Lynny
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i might get one like
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BeArDy
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they dont take much looking after, very clean animals, dont smell.
look cool in your front room 
very soft and gental thing when your holding it.
i fancy a Golith spider for the other side if i split the tank it 2 , theres the world largest spiders

there abit like snakes everyone thinks there going to be wet and shit.
[Edited on 04-04-2006 by BeArDy]
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Lynny
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im not scared of that kinda thing like. how much it set you back for the tank though?
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eddiewhiteley
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im scared of your basic house spider,wouldnt fancy having one of the worlds biggest spiders knocking about my house
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Rus
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fuck that
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BeArDy
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a mate had the tank lid and light at home and swoped me for 20 fags 
then it cost me £30 for tank stuff heaters, rocks etc
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Lynny
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only problem i have is that i have rodents, wouldnt want them mixing 
what you feed it on? locusts etc?
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richardworrall
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The most dangerous thing about the goliath bird-eater is its ability to flick urticating hairs from its body at any creature it perceives as a threat, including humans. This is not a species of tarantula you'd keep as a pet. The tiny, almost invisible hairs that it voluntarily sends floating through the air are extremely irritating to our skin, and can cause real problems if they got into delicate mucous membranes around eyes and mouth.
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JadeM
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No danger id sleep at night knowing that thing was there watching me
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BeArDy
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quote: Originally posted by richardworrall
The most dangerous thing about the goliath bird-eater is its ability to flick urticating hairs from its body at any creature it perceives as a threat, including humans. This is not a species of tarantula you'd keep as a pet. The tiny, almost invisible hairs that it voluntarily sends floating through the air are extremely irritating to our skin, and can cause real problems if they got into delicate mucous membranes around eyes and mouth.
ye read all about that, reason why i am 50/50 in getting one.
they are massive and love the look of them.
but as you say not a spider you can handle of do much with, other than look at and think you big bastard
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eddiewhiteley
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quote: Originally posted by richardworrall
The most dangerous thing about the goliath bird-eater is its ability to flick urticating hairs from its body at any creature it perceives as a threat, including humans. This is not a species of tarantula you'd keep as a pet. The tiny, almost invisible hairs that it voluntarily sends floating through the air are extremely irritating to our skin, and can cause real problems if they got into delicate mucous membranes around eyes and mouth.
thats one reason for not keeping one, another is that there fucking massive and scary
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Lynny
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cant believe so many people are scared of spiders
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richardworrall
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it can have total span of 12 inches, not much room in that tank for it to move around.
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Nath
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quote: Originally posted by eddiewhiteley
im scared of your basic house spider,wouldnt fancy having one of the worlds biggest spiders knocking about my house
I'm with you mate
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Lynny
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quote: Originally posted by Nath
quote: Originally posted by eddiewhiteley
im scared of your basic house spider,wouldnt fancy having one of the worlds biggest spiders knocking about my house
I'm with you mate
so if i got one you wouldnt come in my room?
you were quiet pathetic with the spiders at london zoo  
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JadeM
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quote: Originally posted by lynny_sxi
cant believe so many people are scared of spiders
Small ones are no bother its the big hairy fookers like that thing I dont like
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BeArDy
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quote: Originally posted by richardworrall
it can have total span of 12 inches, not much room in that tank for it to move around.
true, it is a 3 foot tank.
i went to the pet shop to look at them, and they are in little containers, think the golith was in a tuperware box about as big as a loaf of bread.
feel sorry for them as theres no room in there, reason why i gave this one a large home 
saw a 6" emp scorpion in a 10"x 3" box
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Gavin
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imagine if that got out ur tank 
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Nath
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quote: Originally posted by lynny_sxi
quote: Originally posted by Nath
quote: Originally posted by eddiewhiteley
im scared of your basic house spider,wouldnt fancy having one of the worlds biggest spiders knocking about my house
I'm with you mate
so if i got one you wouldnt come in my room?
you were quiet pathetic with the spiders at london zoo  
:At London Zoo they can't escape..... I've seen your Gerbil cage in your room If you had a spider in your room i'd stay well clear
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GREG 1
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What a waste of a fish tank
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