@l4nsky -the breeder who I received her from (who incidentally has a fresh batch of slings of these for sale; he breeds them in his shop and even has a picture of a pair) claims that this is the largest of all the Mindanao arboreal localities, even stating that they can get up to 10" legspan (which sounds like an exaggeration). Any truth to this?
@l4nsky -the breeder who I received her from (who incidentally has a fresh batch of slings of these for sale; he breeds them in his shop and even has a picture of a pair) claims that this is the largest of all the Mindanao arboreal localities, even stating that they can get up to 10" legspan (which sounds like an exaggeration). Any truth to this?
Most of the big Asian arboreals seem to get that large, so I pretty much figured O. sp. Haribon is also around 8" DLS. Then again, this is a breeder who has seen far more of this species than I ever have (including multiple mature females and at least one MM he keeps around for breeding), so he may know more than either of us do.
Go back for conscription service? I always thought that was wild. I've heard of Americans with dual Korean citizenship getting conscripted even though they live on the other side of the world and don't speak the language. Unsure how true that is.
Anyway, I miss Korea. Interesting place. Are there tarantulas native to the peninsula? The only spiders I saw were some random haplopelmas for sale along the stream near Dongdaemun. Wasn't in a position to buy though.
Go back for conscription service? I always thought that was wild. I've heard of Americans with dual Korean citizenship getting conscripted even though they live on the other side of the world and don't speak the language. Unsure how true that is.
Anyway, I miss Korea. Interesting place. Are there tarantulas native to the peninsula? The only spiders I saw were some random haplopelmas for sale along the stream near Dongdaemun. Wasn't in a position to buy though.
There aren't any native Ts here, though there are native mygalomorphs (pursewebs).
And yes, conscription is a big deal in Korea. I did my physical examination during an earlier visit some years back, came out as being exempt from military service but I still have to go through the civil service instead for the conscription.
Hopefully you're glad to be back in your home country. Knew a Korean guy with the same situation, disqualified for military due to health considerations and ended up doing his service with the national forest admin office or something. I think he had it pretty easy compared to a lot of the conscripted soldiers!
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