Minty
@londontarantulas
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Randomly, Singaporeans whose mother tongue, is English, usually pronounce the ‘L’ in salmon.
YOU KNOW ITTTT.
My ag teacher pronounced almonds "am-unds"... she said if the "L" in salmon is silent, so is the one in almondsRandomly, Singaporeans whose mother tongue, is English, usually pronounce the ‘L’ in salmon.
The "L" is silent? I honestly did not know that despite having watched a lot of English content. Probably wasn't very fish-heavy media ...Randomly, Singaporeans whose mother tongue, is English, usually pronounce the ‘L’ in salmon.
Hahah my mother in law does this!My ag teacher pronounced almonds "am-unds"... she said if the "L" in salmon is silent, so is the one in almonds
Yeah, the L has become vocalised. It's the same in words such as 'talk', 'walk', and 'calm', etc.The "L" is silent? I honestly did not know that despite having watched a lot of English content. Probably wasn't very fish-heavy media ...
I love cricket sounds!Loud crickets and smelly cockroaches.
I pronounce it fully... "all-munds" lolHahah my mother in law does this!
I just tried pronouncing 'almonds' a few times. The L isn't silent when I say it, but it is quite soft.
'Calm' has the L fully pronounced... but yeah, the other two have pretty much dropped it.Yeah, the L has become vocalised. It's the same in words such as 'talk', 'walk', and 'calm', etc.
Not here it doesn’t. HahaI love cricket sounds!
I pronounce it fully... "all-munds" lol
'Calm' has the L fully pronounced... but yeah, the other two have pretty much dropped it.
Obt's are awesome tarantulas first of all even though they are highly overrated on arachnoboards as being evil bitey things which everyone knows who keeps them properly is they will bolt to hide when disturbed. What bothers me is walking into a pet store and seeing B.albo slings for 4.99$ or free with any purchase. Cant walk into a pet store without seeing over a dozen of them taking up space that an fossorial or arboreal tarantula could be on to buy.What bothers me even more than brand new keepers arrogantly trying to keep OBTs is the fact that they're easily available to those keepers. I've seen them at pet shops in person and online for $15, even less, and they're a staple of any expo or exotic pet store.
Also, not selling Ts based on the scientific name. Instead, they're like "uhh, yeah, this is a Central American brown tarantula."
Bolting at the speed that they do when disturbed is still a danger, and the vast majority of new keepers should not be starting with any OWT, much less one with the defensive properties of OBTs. B. albopilosum being offered for low prices is a great way to cut down on people looking for Ts ending up with an OWT that they're vastly unprepared for.Obt's are awesome tarantulas first of all even though they are highly overrated on arachnoboards as being evil bitey things which everyone knows who keeps them properly is they will bolt to hide when disturbed. What bothers me is walking into a pet store and seeing B.albo slings for 4.99$ or free with any purchase. Cant walk into a pet store without seeing over a dozen of them taking up space that an fossorial or arboreal tarantula could be on to buy.
I get where your coming from maybe I am just biast as i started with an obt in 2007 kept her in a 5 gallon terrarium filled with packed substrate. Never had any issues with her or got any threat postures.Bolting at the speed that they do when disturbed is still a danger, and the vast majority of new keepers should not be starting with any OWT, much less one with the defensive properties of OBTs. B. albopilosum being offered for low prices is a great way to cut down on people looking for Ts ending up with an OWT that they're vastly unprepared for.
Sounds to me like you probably got an unusually placid OBT. They do have personality variations, so sometimes people will find a less insane one.I get where your coming from maybe I am just biast as i started with an obt in 2007 kept her in a 5 gallon terrarium filled with packed substrate. Never had any issues with her or got any threat postures.
I keep mainly old world fossorial and arboreal tarantulas. Until early this year i didn't know what a threat posture looked like first hand. Now most times i take lid off my C.lividus enclosure i am greeted with one, however i just find it funny and give her a roach and add water to enclosure before closing the lid. I keep all my tarantulas in bigger enclosures than most do with lots of dirt or hiding places for the arboreal.Sounds to me like you probably got an unusually placid OBT. They do have personality variations, so sometimes people will find a less insane one.
Not here it doesn’t. Haha
No, it sounds like an Orange Bob kept properly with lots of space.Sounds to me like you probably got an unusually placid OBT. They do have personality variations, so sometimes people will find a less insane one.
For me it's like that with the zoophobas. The constant rustling noise they make when rubbing together gives me the creeps.All of the bugs besides the T’s themselves. I hate feeders! Especially mealworms. GROSS
Ugh thank god I’m deafFor me it's like that with the zoophobas. The constant rustling noise they make when rubbing together gives me the creeps.