Deadly tarantula girl

[Jeff23]

FYI - Her videos are filmed in a sealed room that houses almost all of their animals. That room is HOT. I know - I get hot in there, and I'm not a person who overheats easily, being from the desert and all (which btw is where she lives, 100+ degree temps is normal, but how dare she not wear a turtleneck in a hot environment since boobs are so bad )

I've had some cleavage in some of my videos. OH NO! i must be stoopid

People find the oddest things to judge someone on. Marita and her husband do a lot of breeding, successfully, and have been for a very long time. They don't need to advertise most of the time for their slings because they're dang near pre-sold to some of the biggest buyers in the hobby.

As for her persona - Her Facebook, her YouTube, etc., it's a persona. You all don't think Bear Grylls or whoever that Survivorman guy was are actually out in the wilderness alone either, right? (Hint: They weren't). That doesn't mean she doesn't know how to breed or how to care for an animal. They rarely have any animals die. Or get loose and run off. Less than me, if I'm honest.

As for the substrate argument, yes heights should be avoided, but shallower containers = less room to fall. The room the Ts are in is generally kept dark (there are lights on animals that need them for the heat or UV but as for overhead room lights, nope). There aren't dogs or kids or people walking by the enclosures. It's quiet, warm, and dark. Tell me, how many of YOU have such a place for your animals? Somewhere they aren't bothered for, oh, 23 hours of the day?

How about 24 hours a day for me. Right now they have taken over my bedroom and I don't remember the last time the overhead light was on in that room (more than a half year ago). I only use red lights for the full process of monitoring, feeding, and maintenance. But I have embraced the process and am not complaining at all. I feel empowered to make my life style sync with theirs rather than the opposite. But if I did the opposite and forced them to live for 20 years with regular interruptions, would that mean it is an acceptable alternative? No.

There is a huge difference between staying alive and living a good life. I am certainly no expert, so I am not going to go out on a limb and say what she does on substrate is wrong on my own, but I do know one this. Animals in the wild have their choice to use or not use substrate and I haven't see anyone in this forum who is an experienced keeper advocate that it is fine to not provide it for terrestrials that sometimes burrow. I am confident that I could keep them alive with limited substrate as a 6 month experienced keeper as well and nobody would cover for me.

Once again, I will reiterate, I don't care if she flaunts her body. It is a completely different subject from the tarantula issues.

 

[Venom1080]

It's quiet, warm, and dark. Tell me, how many of YOU have such a place for your animals? Somewhere they aren't bothered for, oh, 23 hours of the day?

moi, my spiders are bothered with lights for maybe 3h a day.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Best T youtuber has to be Jon3800

However even if your comment made me laugh, I have to disagree. The best Theraphosidae keeper ever existed, sadly, didn't make to see YT and the Internet.

His name was Bronson, the Vietnam veteran of Jim Muro "Street Trash" movie. He was of best

 

[Casey K]

Wow. (applauds). This is the best thread, yet. @EulersK - awesome! You use tattoos as an intimidation factor.
@14pokies - always nice to see your input.....Or to just see you pop up....Or see you. Whatever, lol....
@Bugmom- lots of love!
@Philth - wise man, you are.
@DTG- you are very blessed and there's nothing wrong with exposing cleavage while "attempting" to educate those who seek to research tarantulas in order to better care for them.

On a personal note to everyone in this thread....I have subscribed to her videos. Although I do NOT agree with EVERYTHING she does as far as a keeper goes (we all do things differently), I DO AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT SHE HAS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THIS HOBBY. She may not be a perfect keeper (who the f is, btw) but she cares about her animals enough to share her knowledge and experience with the world. Everyone is different. She's not posting vids of dousing her Tarantulas in kerosene and watching them run around on the floor burning to death. As long as she is doing SOMETHING good or something right and her intentions are PURE (regardless the size of her breasts or how camera shy her hubby may/may not be) why judge her for her mistakes or mishaps??? Also, who made "one" persons husbandry to rule out all others???? Isn't this how we learn from each other??? So, your obt burrows....Mine doesn't. If we each use different methods on HOW we care for our animals, as long as our animals are COMFORTABLE AND SAFE, who cares how you keep them????? So, if anyone has any input on her showing tarantulas on a table and worrying about them falling off then why not approach her in a friendly manner, being "professional" about it, and OFFERING friendly advice??? Why bash her if YOU haven't offered your input to her in a discrete manner???? If she chooses to take your advice or not is at her discretion. At least YOU made a positive decision on ATTEMPTING to offer help/advice. Anyone with negative input about her...If you truly love this hobby and your animals, kindly give her your opinion. It makes no sense to post all this BS here in a thread. Unless you've dealt with her on a personal level and your opinions are based on a deal you had with her....Put in the REVIEW THREAD where it BELONGS....Then there's no need to be discriminatory here. Just saying.......Leave the woman and her breasts alone and offer some positive reinforcement for a change. Shit.

....And to the rest of the arachnopets gang that offered their input: congratulations on a job well done. I have officially been entertained!!!

 

[matypants]

Wait... hold on...

You mean there are people that hate breasts?



I'll see myself out. lol

 

[Casey K]

Wait... hold on...

You mean there are people that hate breasts?



I'll see myself out. lol

I commend her. She can definitely give Dolly Parton a run for her money.....How many women do you know that can do that, lol????

 

[matypants]

I commend her. She can definitely give Dolly Parton a run for her money.....How many women do you know that can do that, lol????

LOL

But I'll contribute something tarantula related and positive:

I've given her videos some views and I never noticed her wrongly recommending advanced species just because of her own experience with them. She seems like a good sort who does care about her animals. Even if some of her methods for housing might be outdated. I can't judge her as a person.

 

[cold blood]

Wait... hold on...

You mean there are people that hate breasts?



I'll see myself out. lol

Don't be foolish...of course not, that's crazy talk....no one said that...

Did they?

 

[Walker253]

This thread is a train wreck. So many people turning on each other, the OP dropping disagrees without backing anything up after a post that started all this. More people hung up on a woman's breasts suggesting they've never seen them before or they're from the Bible Belt and they're prude or something. Take note, according to Google, the highest percentage of porn searches are from the Bible Belt.
Aren't tarantulas some of the most adaptive creatures on this planet? Does it really matter in the big scheme of things the level of dirt in their enclosure? For example, I was hammered in this forum because my P muticus is under a mere 12" of soil, where the person calling me out suggested I keep her in a 60 gallon trash can. I keep my H gigas in the same conditions and she sits about 3" under the soil. My P murinus is quite content in her hide on top or 8" of dirt. So content, I never get a threat pose. She was high strung before me, biting the previous owner. I think I'm doing something right.
Some people are hung up on Deadly Tarantula Girl. From what I know, she is pretty successful in what she does. I think she cares a lot about her spiders. Just because her way is not your way, who cares. I've never seen or heard of things going wrong with her. Some people here think our tarantulas need the exact environment found in the wild. Well, why don't we just introduce parasites and predators to the equation. Just because one P muticus in the wild burrows 3 meters down, doesn't mean 10 others aren't in a rocky area 18 inches down.
To be as petty as some of the posters here is kinda sad in a way. Crap, I'm losing my focus. I just noticed my girlfriend is showing some killer cleavage. Time to end this comment. LOLOLOLOLOL

 

[Garth Vader]

Its just very interesting that with criticism of men in the hobby, like Jon5000 or whatever, his appearance is not part of it, it's just about the husbandry and production of his videos. This thread is a fine example of how women get double criticism- for the job at hand AND about appearance. With appearance you can be trying too hard or not enough either one can be a criticism. Can't win in this world, my friends.

It gets old and I'd rather not see it here. Our tarantulas definitely don't care about the size of our bosoms.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Its just very interesting that with criticism of men in the hobby, like Jon5000 or whatever, his appearance is not part of it, it's just about the husbandry and production of his videos. This thread is a fine example of how women get double criticism- for the job at hand AND about appearance. With appearance you can be trying too hard or not enough either one can be a criticism. Can't win in this world, my friends.

Someone needs to fix this: here Mark Spitz

jok

 

[Garth Vader]

Someone needs to fix this: here Mark Spitz

jok

What is happening here? Oh my. The internet is such a strange place.

 

[Bugmom]

Funny how I've been making videos as long as she has, and no one has asked where my husband is in mine.

Is it because I don't have big bazookas? Won't someone be concerned about me and my animals based solely on my mammals glands?

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Wow. (applauds). This is the best thread, yet. @EulersK - awesome! You use tattoos as an intimidation factor.
@14pokies - always nice to see your input.....Or to just see you pop up....Or see you. Whatever, lol....
@Bugmom- lots of love!
@Philth - wise man, you are.
@DTG- you are very blessed and there's nothing wrong with exposing cleavage while "attempting" to educate those who seek to research tarantulas in order to better care for them.

On a personal note to everyone in this thread....I have subscribed to her videos. Although I do NOT agree with EVERYTHING she does as far as a keeper goes (we all do things differently), I DO AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT SHE HAS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THIS HOBBY. She may not be a perfect keeper (who the f is, btw) but she cares about her animals enough to share her knowledge and experience with the world. Everyone is different. She's not posting vids of dousing her Tarantulas in kerosene and watching them run around on the floor burning to death. As long as she is doing SOMETHING good or something right and her intentions are PURE (regardless the size of her breasts or how camera shy her hubby may/may not be) why judge her for her mistakes or mishaps??? Also, who made "one" persons husbandry to rule out all others???? Isn't this how we learn from each other??? So, your obt burrows....Mine doesn't. If we each use different methods on HOW we care for our animals, as long as our animals are COMFORTABLE AND SAFE, who cares how you keep them????? So, if anyone has any input on her showing tarantulas on a table and worrying about them falling off then why not approach her in a friendly manner, being "professional" about it, and OFFERING friendly advice??? Why bash her if YOU haven't offered your input to her in a discrete manner???? If she chooses to take your advice or not is at her discretion. At least YOU made a positive decision on ATTEMPTING to offer help/advice. Anyone with negative input about her...If you truly love this hobby and your animals, kindly give her your opinion. It makes no sense to post all this BS here in a thread. Unless you've dealt with her on a personal level and your opinions are based on a deal you had with her....Put in the REVIEW THREAD where it BELONGS....Then there's no need to be discriminatory here. Just saying.......Leave the woman and her breasts alone and offer some positive reinforcement for a change. Shit.

....And to the rest of the arachnopets gang that offered their input: congratulations on a job well done. I have officially been entertained!!!

How? How... you forgot to mention me in your comment?

Now I don't know what to do: if reach a corner and start to cry like that guy in "The Blair Witch Project" or send to Spartanburg, South Carolina, an helluva of Casu Marzu able to put the area into quarantine

jok

 

[Casey K]

How? How... you forgot to mention me in your comment?

Now I don't know what to do: if reach a corner and start to cry like that guy in "The Blair Witch Project" or send to Spartanburg, South Carolina, an helluva of Casu Marzu able to put the area into quarantine

Oh poor baby!!! I would never forget you!!! You deserve a shout out all to yourself.....A more "personalized" shout out, sweety.....I can't very well post it here and potentially get "banned" for it, now can I?

Italy has my heart..... but leave the Casu Marzu at home....

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Oh poor baby!!! I would never forget you!!! You deserve a shout out all to yourself.....A more "personalized" shout out, sweety.....I can't very well post it here and potentially get "banned" for it, now can I?

Italy has my heart..... but leave the Cash Marzu at home....

 

[Garth Vader]

Funny how I've been making videos as long as she has, and no one has asked where my husband is in mine.

Is it because I don't have big bazookas? Won't someone be concerned about me and my animals based solely on my mammals glands?

Don't you get asked where your husband is all the time? That's normal right? Isn't he supposed to manage you and tell you what to do? I mean, how do you figure anything out without him?

(Also I hope you know I'm joking. I also have mammary glands, the size of which is totally irrelevant!!!)

 

[Bugmom]

Don't you get asked where your husband is all the time? That's normal right? Isn't he supposed to manage you and tell you what to do? I mean, how do you figure anything out without him?

(Also I hope you know I'm joking. I also have mammary glands, the size of which is totally irrelevant!!!)

I'm thankful to live in one of the most liberal places in the states. Certainly don't miss the "women are property" mindset of a very repressed, conservative town.

 

[Garth Vader]

I'm thankful to live in one of the most liberal places in the states. Certainly don't miss the "women are property" mindset of a very repressed, conservative town.

Cheers to that! We are neighbors, I'm in W Washington too. I love it here.

 

[Andrea82]

I told you it would be bad...

Meanwhile, OP is laughing his pants off, proud of himself for starting a nice fire....