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For those of you that have been keeping up on my fight for my Tarantulas In The Classroom program, I finally got the chance to talk to our licensing agency (EEC) directly. "What a great program." "Would you be willing to help other centers start similar programs?" "Why wouldn't we support...

It is with great sadness that I am announcing the end of the Tarantulas In The Classroom program at Mr. John's Tarantulas .com. Over the last few years I have kept the program running under the constant nitpicking scrutiny from both state licensing agencies and school administrators alike. I...

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http://www.mrjohnstarantulas.com/p/tarantula-cam.html Our juvenile B. smithi is enjoying a B. dubia.

Suspect Female

The actual quote I gave was "the species of new world tarantulas we keep in the classroom have a low toxicity, or non-medically significant venom."

We got our story on the front page of the paper. http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_20135405/tarantulas-arent-monsters-children-learn-at-kidzone?IADID=Search-www.berkshireeagle.com-www.berkshireeagle.com

Tonight at Exotic Pet World in the Berkshire Mall, Mr. John and his team will be showing folks how to properly set up an enclosure for their pet tarantula. We will start at 6PM by showing the proper way to house terrestrial & arboreal spiderlings. During the second half of our program, we will...

Keep 'em coming folks.

Go to the link and give it a like http://www.facebook.com/MrJohnsTarantulas If we get up to 500 likes by the end of the month, our director will buy us a new H. lividum for our classroom.

About 6 1/2 inches.

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You see, this is the kind of thing that gets me irritated. People that are grossly misinformed from some pet store or internet site, that take it upon themselves to try and become a breeder. Do the reading first! I have read and watched as many books, articles and hours of videos on the subject...

Aphonopelma smithi - and it is likely an adult male prowling for a mate.

A made the mistake of trusting her during a feeding, and I left the door open on her habitat. She bolted around the room for about 5 minutes until she climbed me like a tree and finally came to rest on my foot. After this pic was taken she ran back up to my arm and I was able to wrangle her into...

Slings can show agression early on. This G. rosea has been overly defensive (not aggressive, there is a difference between the two) since i got it.

The female is an A. Metallica and I think the male may be an A. laeta.

It's kind of like Christmas.

Actually Joe was the first person to show any kindness toward me when I started using these boards. My classes project has grown exponentially since then with a lot of help from several people I hold In high esteem. (Including Joe) But as of late, I have become increasingly concerned with the...