Hard HIT

endoflove

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what is ur hardest hitting T?? mine is a 1'' Red rump lol it actualy jumps to get crickes from my tweesers!!!! beats my 10'' goliath!!!
 

MorganD

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I have a P. Fasciata that eats faster than a fat kid in a doughnut shop. (eats faster as in hits the prey asap)
 

joshuai

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My GBB slings, they also grab roaches off my tweezers before there even very close.
 

The Spider Faery

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I can't speak for the species that I don't own, but out of mine, my Nhandu colorotovillosus spiderling appeared to leap from one side of the container to the other (not a huge container because it's a spiderling, but impressive nonetheless) and made a noise as it pummelled a cricket recently. That was the hardest hit I've seen.

Easily C. elegans.
Mine's definitely the most interesting to watch capturing prey of my T's. It employs many hunting strategies, and when it was super tiny, it would go on its back and flip over on top of the cricket.
 

kman

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Tied between my LP, N. chromatus and A. genic. They all grow fast, eat like pigs and if they aren't eating they are going to molt soon. Easy to tell with those guys.
 

Moose9

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I have a few, but I would have to say B. vagans. She hits so hard, she bounces and rolls backward. My C. andersonii slings would be runner ups.
 

mutley100

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My Chilobrachys fimbriatus slings are acting like little trap doors at the moment . :)
 

Albereth

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I find the arboreals will take food as it falls into their enclosures.

Hardest hit was from a B. albopilosum just becuase of his size. He went for teh chop stick we use to encourage the crix to move closer to the jaws of doom.
 

Sathane

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GBB hands down at the moment. Lightning fast strike and impales prey easily.

However, when my (currently 1") Theriphosidae sp. "Peru" get's larger, I'm sure it will be a very hard hitting T. At just 1" it actually, believe it or not, "jumps" up and rips the prey directly from my tweezers. On the odd occasion that the prey makes it to the substrate, it regularly tackles it's prey so hard it does flips.

Feeding time is very exciting around here.
 

Julia

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It's a toss-up among my GBB, L. para, and N. chromatus. The GBB has gone into full barrel rolls while attacking crickets. The L. para chases and pounces. And the N. chromatus attacks so hard that she usually ends up with a mouthful of substrate along with the cricket. All of them are so much fun to watch!
 

AudreyElizabeth

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Toss up between one of my GBB slings and my A. geniculata. Of course, I never see it, but when a roach ventures into the haplo burrow I always hear a big thump and crunch. LOL
 

GiantVinegaroon

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My Brachypelma albopilosum is quite a monster when it comes to food. One time when I dropped a cricket in her enclosure, she was scaling the wall of her KK. The cricket, on the ground, wandered over to her area, sat there and groomed. Suddenly, out of nowhere, my curly hair leapt off the wall and grabbed the cricket! Her back was to the cricket so idk how she leapt, spun, and got it all in one motion. Coolest thing ever.
 
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