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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Another unknown dissentowner fact. I was arachnophobic as a child. I bought my first tarantula when I was 16 to try and get over my fear of spiders, my dad had to feed it for the first couple months. Eventually I started feeding it and moved its enclosure into my room. Then I worked up the nerve to pick it up and it was docile. I started becoming obsessed with tarantulas and spiders and by the time I was 19 I had over 30 different species of tarantula. I started breeding and selling them although today I only have 5 different species. I was the first person in Canada that I know of to successfully breed Poecilotheria metallica as far as I know and still have a female, my favourite spider.
I have been bit by 3 different species, the worst being Haplopelma Lividum or Colbalt Blue by common name, nastiest spider I have ever dealt with.
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That's really cool you bred Pokeys and sorry to hear about your Haplo bite. You ever breed or keep OBTs?
I'm never ever going to be a spider keeper, but I find it fascinating and often deep-dive into Arachnoboards and other spider-keeper and hobbiest forums. One of the best things I've seen on the internet is a video of a guy who's just been bitten by a Poecilotheria metallica