Have you seen this!

[si_sleaf]

Check this out:

Spidertalk thread - What to do for Starburst Baboon bite on face?

Sounds like he's ok now, but OMG!

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[Vys]

Haha, yeah, ugh. Good thing it wasn't the throat :/

 

[si_sleaf]

It just goes to show that people should research things first. He handled it on the basis that he had a B.smithi when he was younger that would let him handle it.

 

[sunnymarcie]

Man, talk about learning the hard way!

Its hard to believe that someone would just ASSUME a T
was safe to handle.
All I can say is, he sure was lucky