Unless your hobby is collecting dead tarantulas for inappropriate purposes. Arachnonecrophiliacs ARE weird.I'd prefer arachnophiliac. (Arachnid lover)
People are dumb, they won't look at you weird, I promise.
Also, maybe I'm thinking about it too hard, but I think there's a twinge of elitism, or something, in discounting tarantula-keeping as a hobby by putting it above other activities regarded as hobbies. Looking after a living animal is more of a responsibility, but do we put in more devotion and dedication that someone who, say, builds custom RC cars or goes cosplaying at pop culture conventions? Are we more conscientious than someone who keeps a dog in good health (physical and mental) to display it at shows, or feeds an aquarium full of neon tetras? Did everyone who ever bought a gooty ornamental do it solely from an altruistic, self-sacrificing position to maintain the species, or was there as much of a collector mentality as a twitcher or trainspotter searching for that rare sighting, and something pretty to look at?
