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whats the specific breed of this not so little cutie? it doesnt look so fluffy as to be the smithi. Do you know?(awesome shot btw
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I'm not sure. There is a comment down below by a spider enthusiast a while ago. I am pretty sure that she identified the exact species in the comment, so you could find that comment if you wanted to.
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alright thanks very much
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I just found this pic while searching back for a pic of an Israeli tarantula, Chaetopelma gracile, that was posted sometimes earlier this year. This is one gorgeous spider, but it's not a "red knee tarantula", though; that is Brachypelma smithi, commonly called a "Mexican Red-knee" in the pet trade. I'm not even sure this is a Brachypelma species, since it looks more like a Pamphoboteus, sometimes called "Chicken spiders". It's gorgeous, whatever it is, and I have not yet seen this species available in captivity in the US. I keep tarantulas as a hobby, by the way, so I'm not in the least freaked out by them, except in the way most women are freaked out by shoe sales, LOL-"I WANT IT!" I would so love to have this animal in my collection, better yet, a pair of them!
pitbulllady
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Wow, thank you for all the information
This one was in a cloud forest in Costa Rica.
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Nice shot! Judging from the color, and the size of the abdomen, I'd say this tarantula had molted recently.... like in the 24-48 hours before you came across it. New world tarantulas are fairly docile. I have 2 different species now, and am looking to get 3 more.
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interesting! I definitely did not know that. It did seem pretty docile, as well.
I would like to have a tarantula, but I don't think I could get over my fear of other spiders enough. For some reason I dont hate bigger spiders as much.
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I've got a life-long fascination with anything of 6 or more legs. I'm not scared of spiders, but I do have a healthy respect for them.
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mmm....spider lol, this remined me of the huge barn spiders we that used to always be in my friends garage....just thinking how close we got to them and picking them up with sticks to throw outside...it's a wonder we didn't get bit or somthing lol
great shot! got alot of the little details around it and everything, a few of the legs look a little fuzzy...mabye it was coming after you?
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hehe thanks. it wasnt coming at me, otherwise I can tell you right now that I would have been running in the opposite direction! This guy was just chilling, even with our group like crowding around him, so I was able to get up close for a shot.
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that's cool, knowing me i'd still be staring at it and taking pictures if it was coming at me until someone draged me away or somthing lol. hey mabye it was a clostrophobic(sp?) spider and it was haveing a panic attack from all the people so that's why it wasn't moving eh? lol ok i'll stop now
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oh my gosh.. i wouldn't have even got close enough to zoom in.. it's like eeekkkkk... just looking at it sends my heart rate up to 200bpm.
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haha normally hate spiders and that would be my reaction but this one I wasnt too scared of for some reason.... maybe because it was so big and lazy that it kinda cancelled out some of the fear... i dunno *shrugs*
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lol.. he was probably the bait.. there was another spider hanging in the tree above you waiting for you to feel secure enough to fall on you! eeeekk.. spiders.. no!
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i fucking hate spiders, i really hope you had a zoom with that picture
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I hate the little fuckers too. Somehow I wasnt really scared of this one though. It was big and slow moving, so I just zoomed to like 70mm and got in pretty close. If it were a smaller spider that would like jump on me I never would have done it...
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omfg.... AAAAAAA... i feel like there are bugs crawling on me..... thatz zcary!!
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haha it was quite scary because I almost stepped on it!
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rofl.... i am just laughing at you cus it wasnt me... *bows head in shame*
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holy crap that looks like a big spider. He looks fuzzy, too... but not the kind of fuzzy I'd want to curl up with
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yeah they are really fuzzy. And even more big! This guy was maybe 3 or 4 inches across
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