Not exactly, no. We use a different standard as you know, unfortunately. I meant exactly what I wrote above as the example. Where the same word means 2 different things. Imagine if species meant different things to different scientists etc
i meant as metric vs imperial, where there's 2 standards and it is confusing transferring from one to another(at least to me)
Ohhh...in that case YES hahaa
But measuring in base 8 makes so much more sense
Seriously, how did that even catch on? Dividing by 10 is such a natural thing to do for humans, I can't imagine how base 8 was even considered. 
No. Common names are cesspools of the --er common owner
Not sure how it did, but IF Wikipedia is accurate on the subject, a native american tribe didn't count their fingers, but the spaces between.But measuring in base 8 makes so much more sense
Although, we are talking about spiders, so... maybe base 8 is the way to go.
wait, didn't imperial units originated from great britain and passed on to american settlers? i always had that impression since UK uses both metric and imperials
Yes.
Is this sabulosum or vagan I bought as sabulosum sling and now I'm not sure
well, to me both names are important. experienced keepers know all the names of a specie. common, interest keepers, they use only common names. Sub-professionals use only latin names, since they know common names are off from place to place and so on.No. Common names are cesspools of the --er common owner
Yes, I'm turning into an elitist
common names suck because they can apply to more than one species. there is almost zero reason to ever bother with common names once youve learned the scientific ones.well, to me both names are important. experienced keepers know all the names of a specie. common, interest keepers, they use only common names. Sub-professionals use only latin names, since they know common names are off from place to place and so on.
I'm no longer a common keeper. Now I try my best to know both the latin names and the common names, and the features of why they even got those names, if I can, kinda like carnivorous plants. common names, latin names, why they got those names (both latin and common) and by now I can care for those plants with my eyes closed.
I hope I can someday do the same with tarantulas... that's still far off in the future though, I have a LOOOOTTT To learn.
Yup, that was my turn to be an elitist
Common names are terrible in the sense that one name can mean 5 different species depending upon one's opinion of how a T looks. The name Mexican Red Knee is a perfect example. I can't even tell you which species that belongs to anymore. I think smithi hah.well, to me both names are important. experienced keepers know all the names of a specie. common, interest keepers, they use only common names. Sub-professionals use only latin names, since they know common names are off from place to place and so on.
I'm no longer a common keeper. Now I try my best to know both the latin names and the common names, and the features of why they even got those names, if I can, kinda like carnivorous plants. common names, latin names, why they got those names (both latin and common) and by now I can care for those plants with my eyes closed.
I hope I can someday do the same with tarantulas... that's still far off in the future though, I have a LOOOOTTT To learn.
Yup, that was my turn to be an elitist
My sabulosum looks different. It lacks the bright red rump for starters, now it has red hairs on the rump, but theyre not nearly as prominent as on the vagans I keep. I also notice the sabu to be hairier with a carapace that isn't as dark.The guatemalan redrump is brachypela sabulosum. The normal mexican redrump is brachypelma vegans.
I already have the b.sabulosum and I was just curious about what the difference is between them, visually instead of their origin, lol
There's lots of differences.