Deadly tarantula girl

[iwlim]

I told you it would be bad...

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

Well I didn't wanna start one, I was just wondering how controversial the care of her ts are, and seeing all these comments makes me wonder how she has so much support on YouTube l, there are hardly any negative comments or dislikes.

 

[EulersK]

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!!!)

You're a woman?! My entire view of you is shattered.

Tacocat.

 

[Jpeg]

Its just very interesting that with criticism of men in the hobby, like Jon5000 or whatever, his appearance is not part of it

If he wore makeup and a mesh shirt it probably would be (what's the equivalent of showing off cleavage for guys?). Some people don't like sex appeal as an advertising technique.

That being said it's not nice to trash a person over something that isn't hurting anyone, sheesh. Just don't watch it.

(Now for the important question: are there any sexy male tarantula youtubers.)

 

[EulersK]

(Now for the important question: are there any sexy male tarantula youtubers.)

Bam.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

(Now for the important question: are there any sexy male tarantula youtubers.)

EulersK. No 0.1 can resist his "Eric Bana" charm

 

[Philth]

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?

I had no idea the subject was married. I don't know anything about either one of you lol. I only know she was married cause you told us lol. I guess I didn't comment on your videos, because I've never seen one and have no clue who you are lol. Again, no disrespect, but I couldn't care less about your "bazookas/mammals glands".

Later, Tom

 

[dopamine]

• ...the person calling me out suggested I keep her in a 60 gallon trash can.

That made me lol

 

[Toxoderidae]

well this is certainly.. a uh "pooshow" (I suppose the proper terminology isn't allowed on the AB)

I don't have much to add on the discussion, but from just skimming (it's 2:50 AM so like eh) @Spidermom I don't think its just a matter of the fact that she flaunts her uh.. cleavage but more the matter of A. she uses it to garnish likes/views (which honestly I can see where you come in that regard, but I despise "clickbaity" things, or anything that's on sites like YouTube that is there solely to grab attention) But for the most part, I don't think that's the key factor (despite being what you focus on in the argument, again, from what I saw when skimming)

I believe it's more along the lines of her quality of care for the spiders. I mean, I could probably keep a lizard of some sort ALIVE and such, and breeding, but the lizard wouldn't be thriving exactly because I'm not caring for it well, just giving it enough. That's the basic synopsis of the care DTG gives to her spiders from what I've personally seen and read. While you may disagree, you're also quite biased (having worked with her personally and such) but when the general consensus is that her care could be far better, that should raise some questions for you (albeit the whole parroting mentality isn't the best at times) When it comes to "how much substrate a spider should have" or "whether is has a hide or not" and there's definite lacking when it comes to things like that, you really should be raising eyebrows.

I mean I'm still a novice keeper, so take anything I say with a grain of salt, but overall from what I've personally seen, her care could be better. You've rebuttal'd some of the others statements about things like that, saying it's for the safety of the spider/ease of maintenance but I think not giving enough space/no anchor points/not enough sub/lack of adequate hiding space starts to transcend beyond just "safety of the spider" or "ease of maintenance". Tom Moran shows that you can give a spider more than enough for its requirements and it can thrive without causing any issues, whether it be to the owner or the spider. So, those arguments are kinda falsified to me.

So, I wholeheartedly believe her care at least could be better.

 

[Kendricks]

I have no problem seeing beyond her cleavage, so you might want to ask yourself if the problem is with YOU and the other prepubescent crowd who still act like it's the first time they've locked themselves in the bathroom with their parents National Geographic magazine.

You misunderstand the problem some people have here.
The problem sure aren't her goods in general - I could explain how I feel about the wonder that is the human, and especially female, body - but I don't think that's the right place.
The problem is the cheap way of using physical appearance to gain clicks (her thumbnails are state of the art clickbait, sorry) and viewers.
Now, it's funny you felt the need to insult those who dislike this as "prepubescent" - because it actually is the other way around. I'm waaaaay over this and even because I don't lose my cool over a nipple anymore, these cheap YouTube tactics annoy me.
You instantly know what the person is on about and usually, no high degree of expertise is to be expected either.

Personally, this attack on her breasts, and the subsequent judging her IQ score by her cup size, is what I find really tired, cheap, and pathetic.

Oh I totally agree - which is why I didn't do any of that, you noticed that did you? Because you quoted me and now day that, that makes it sound like I did such thing, which I wouldn't appreciate.

I know that the theory of evolution alludes some people, but surely you understand that these comments are a reflection on your lack of character and not hers, right?

Explain to me the following:
How many wrongs make a right?
Because you insulted multiple people here rather heavily, because they insulted her?
Not how it works.
And again, please read what I said again, you misunderstood something big time and I won't take your insults just because you didn't read things carefully enough and jumped to conclusions here.

 

[Jeff23]

I can agree that the sexual side track in this discussion has completely screwed up an opportunity to discuss substrate and proper care when breeding tarantula's.

I can also agree that she does show a positive attitude and succeeds to bring positive light on the tarantula hobby. With all the REALLY terrible videos showing bad treatment of tarantulas on YouTube perhaps we have nitpicked her methods enough.

 

[Walker253]

Agreed Jeff. Will a moderator please close this thread? There is no reason to keep it open any longer.

 

[Jeff23]

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

As long as you do not plan to tell others they need more substrate your argument is fine with me. Everyone should be held by the same standards.

 

[HybridReplicate]

Meanwhile in YT Land she's netted about 200 more subscribers since I checked when this thread started. Apparently there is no such thing as bad publicity.

 

[Mandiblehead]

It's ok to do things different if results are good

Ya of course YOU would disagree Kendricks. I think your one of the type that would dissagree with my thoughts on many things. Not to say right or wrong, Just different ways of being and thinking. ( Not nessesarily tarantulas. But yes tarantuals and whatnot haha ) I can already tell by the vaccine thing your a BT ( box thinker ) which is ok we need box thinkers once in a while BUT. Can you guys seriously Not agree if a better way was found to do something and it produced just as good or better results on things that thats a better or equall way to proceed ? look at the old martial arts days, Karate is better then Chinese Boxing they said. Muai Thai was better then Tai chi, Kung fu better then .... and so on and so forth, and they all faught about it. Now we have MMA which isnt nessesarily the best either theres rules and the toughest people in real life will fight with breaking the mma rules becvause there Are none in Realistic Bar fight. Did you know the Dr. that discovered to wash your hands back in the day ( i forget the year ) was stripped of his medical licence for making such a proposterous claim ? DId you know that in the 70s they thought bears had only a two minute memory because in there observations in a zoo they would watch the bear do the same round ever two minutes ? We all know bears are smart. ( well we all should lol ) they thought he was forgetting. Realisticly, He was board out of his tree and had nothing better to do. so he repeated his routine walking around his area in a circle. JUst because people think somehting now, Its just the best thats known. Not nessesarily correct. Its correct untill a better way comes along through peoples open minds, discoveries and experiments. Not to say I suggest experimenting on Ts. BUt I think you know what I mean
People can keep birds in a cage and they can live a long time. THere not nessesarily the happiest or even the healthiest due to a lack of excercise, and It CANT be good for them mentally. BUt some people are bird experts and they may say No Dont let him out. dont feed it this dont touch him. and it very well MAy live longer, but it may not be happy.

 

[Mandiblehead]

Ya of course YOU would disagree Kendricks. I think your one of the type that would dissagree with my thoughts on many things. Not to say right or wrong, Just different ways of being and thinking. ( Not nessesarily tarantulas. But yes tarantuals and whatnot haha ) I can already tell by the vaccine thing your a BT ( box thinker ) which is ok we need box thinkers once in a while BUT. Can you guys seriously Not agree if a better way was found to do something and it produced just as good or better results on things that thats a better or equall way to proceed ? look at the old martial arts days, Karate is better then Chinese Boxing they said. Muai Thai was better then Tai chi, Kung fu better then .... and so on and so forth. Now we have MMA which isnt nessesarily the best either theres rules and the toughest people in real life will fight with breaking the mma rules becvause there Are none in Realistic Bar fight. Did you know the Dr. that discovered to wash your hands back in the day ( i forget the year ) was stripped of his medical licence for making such a proposterous claim ? DId you know that in the 70s they thought bears had only a two minute memory because in there observations in a zoo they would watch the bear do the same round ever two minutes ? We all know bears are smart. ( well we all should lol ) they thought he was forgetting. Realisticly, He was board out of his tree and had nothing better to do. so he repeated his routine walking around his area in a circle. JUst because people think somehting now, Its just the best thats known. Not nessesarily correct. Its correct untill a better way comes along through peoples open minds, discoveries and experiments. Not to say I suggest experimenting on Ts. BUt I think you know what I mean
People can keep birds in a cage and they can live a long time. THere not nessesarily the happiest or even the healthiest due to a lack of excercise, and It CANT be good for them mentally. BUt some people are bird experts and they may say No Dont let him out. dont feed it this dont touch him. and it very well MAy live longer, but it may not be happy.

But I DOnt think we should be dissagreeing with eachother.

 

[Andrea82]

@advan @ratluvr76 @Arachnopets
Please close thread?

 

[Jeff23]

Yes. Please close thread. There is no more to discuss.

 

[Abyss]

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?

Edit: mamory glands
Lol sorry, couldnt help it needing to continue lightening the mood haha

 

[Garth Vader]

Edit: mamory glands
Lol sorry, couldnt help it needing to continue lightening the mood haha

This is the best comment on the entire thread.

I gotta say this has been way more entertaining than the horror that is my current Facebook feed.

Now let's not go away mad, everyone.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Gawd, a thread MADE for my sense of humour and it's about to be closed!

No actually, I did have a couple points to make. I can agree and disagree with many arguments on both sides.. I went to see what the fuss was about, for starters., Particularly what some of the thumbnails were that generated controversy. I found them and I would have to agree they are click-bait. In the sense that they don't represent the content of the videos. I have no problem with that, really, but the truth is the truth, in regard to the criticism. I only played one of those to see if the accusations of "click-bait" were accurate. Seeing that it appeared to be the case, I moved on to judge on other less click-bait oriented ones could be heavily criticized as well. More on that in a moment.

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?

That is a scoring point. It does indeed show some double standards. Of course, you are quite cute, for what it is worth. This will not do, I'd suggest wearing a burkha in future videos.

I didn't watch many videos, but what I saw were not particularly controversial in care tips. A bit heavy in the handling department, but I did notice in a couple that she suggested handling is not something that should routinely be done and pointed out the dangers of a fall. She does mention which ones are safer to handle, but some people are gonna handle no matter how they are advised, they may as well know the ones that lower the odds of mishaps for the owners and the tarantulas, I suppose.

Are we absolutely certain that the enclosures she keeps them in are all permanent enclosures? Maybe she uses some specifically to shoot the videos. Again, I didn't view many, so can't really say whether that is the case. Does she advise deep substrates in any of the care and housing videos?

My tarantulas are in my bedroom by necessity, at least during the cold months. It is the room I keep the warmest. I do NOT keep the lights off for their convenience. They have enough substrate to burrow if they are inclined to do so, and that's what hides are for, anyway. There are shadowed areas they can retire to, however, but not absolute dark. They don't seem to care one way or the other. It isn't blinding bright, but I can certainly see what I'm doing, read, etc. Just a normal human-level brightness, in other words. When I am not in the room, or asleep it is dark or dim, respectively. I've never kept the curtains open, so exterior light is quite filtered. To the point where if I am in here (quite a lot, it is also where my computer is located), the lights are on.

I did hear one bit of advice that I pretty much disagreed with at the time, but I'll be darned if I can remember what it was or even what species was being discussed., it was late last night and I was too tired to post about the controversy at that point.

Kinda think this is much ado about nothing. Well, I'm not suggesting her rack is nothing...

What? I noticed one of the racks in the room, and thought it looked sturdy and serviceable. Sheesh, can't a person say anything without causing people to think lewd thoughts?