Beary Strange
Arachnodemon
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2013
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Did this air recently? Because if so gird yourselves for the hoards coming on here buying G.rosea and OBTs because they want to hold them. After all, that guy did it.
Also what is with entomologists thinking they can speak about arachnids? This one obviously doesn't know a whole lot if he thinks it's ok to put G.rosea on his face, a tarantula that most of us I think agree at this point is no where near as "docile" as books and caresheets claim. Or if he thinks they are in any way safe at least five feet off the ground...if one starts to fall, how is he going to catch it without a) it freaking out and b) the others also freaking out? It would be a disaster. There's nothing safe about that situation for them. And then maybe a year ago, there was a completely off-base paper that someone linked by a entomologist, in which the author referred to venom as poison, along with ,IIRC, plenty of other very incorrect information. I realize entomology and arachnology are closely linked but I feel like this is akin to a regular family doctor claiming the same knowledge level as a brain surgeon.
Also what is with entomologists thinking they can speak about arachnids? This one obviously doesn't know a whole lot if he thinks it's ok to put G.rosea on his face, a tarantula that most of us I think agree at this point is no where near as "docile" as books and caresheets claim. Or if he thinks they are in any way safe at least five feet off the ground...if one starts to fall, how is he going to catch it without a) it freaking out and b) the others also freaking out? It would be a disaster. There's nothing safe about that situation for them. And then maybe a year ago, there was a completely off-base paper that someone linked by a entomologist, in which the author referred to venom as poison, along with ,IIRC, plenty of other very incorrect information. I realize entomology and arachnology are closely linked but I feel like this is akin to a regular family doctor claiming the same knowledge level as a brain surgeon.