If my son wants an OBT when he is thirteen, I will let him. However, he will by then have been around tarantulas and other arachnids for a decade. I don't think age is necessarily the most important deciding factor, but it should be a major consideration when experience is lacking.
I would assume he would get it for the love of the animal...
I'm curious, what information did he retain between the ages of 3-5? I know if he's interested he'd retain info I don't doubt that, recalling my own memories of reptiles at that age and younger, what I wonder is what specifically did he learn and retain?
Thanks for this. WEIRD, they only looked at the 1960s?? I can go with 1-5%
You are wrong. Age has everything to do with maturity. Typically, one gets more mature with age, that's how neurobiology works. The reason your age demographic doesn't have a lot of maturity is because their brains are not biologically mature, it's physically impossible for them to be as mature as 30 40 50 yr olds generally speaking.
that is not what he is saying. Maturity increases the older you get, however, experience does play a substantial role in it too. But saying this, I would much rather trust a pterinochilus murinus with a thirty eight year old man than a twelve year old girl. Mistakes can be made, and less mature and developed people tend to make more of them. Age also plays a factor in dealing with the venom. An adult will deal with being bitten by a hot species way better than a young child. Experience may have a lot to do with it, but age and maturity play a huge factor.
I didn't mention a "theory" regarding maturation of the human brain. It's a SCIENTIFIC FACT. I don't make up crap, esp when it comes to science, that's called "being a LIAR".
A bit yes..I was only speaking about normal maturation of the human brain as it relates to age, because he specified "age has nothing to do with it"...Maturation of the human brain is almost entirely dependent upon age. It's not a theory, it's not an idea people have and are wondering about. It's a proven scientific fact, demonstrated in more research papers than I can think of.
No problema Pyro...All is good
If you don't plan on reading the thread/haven't read the thread, then why comment at all? Most of us in the hobby would prefer that younger people not own nasty old world species due to the very real possibility of getting bit. Tons of misconceptions already surround tarantulas and the hobby of keeping them, the less trips to the hospital for bites and "muscle relaxers" especially by children the better.
