And when my kindergarten or first grade kid gets injured at school because the "most knowledgeable" person is letting kids handle something that is dangerous... Don't fear the critter... FEAR THE FURIOUS PARENT!thank you to everyone who helped... and for those who didn't, i don't care what you think, obviously tarantulas can be dangerous, and obviously we don't allow everyone to handle them... but whatever happens after my internship is over... tomorrow... will be unrelated to me (which sucks, because i believe i'm the most informed)
this is a 100% real situation, i can post pictures if you really don't believe me.
yesterday we had our rosy in two different classrooms... first graders and preschoolers. i didn't orchestrate this event, my boss did, and to be honest, i've noticed younger children tend to be braver, while more careful with these tarantulas. we DO also have hissing roaches, as well as two kinds of millipedes, bess beetles...
we went to the pet store yesterday... they had 5 different tarantulas, and the 'nicest' one was a mexican red knee, that was way too skittish for our purposes. they've told us they'll call when they get in a rosy haired, although we're still going to look into other places, as well as other types of tarantulas, since we already have one...
thank you for also considering the prices, too!