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mine doesn't mind it when i do stuff in the tank or when corral her so i can take pictures but every so often she will strike at the forceps and just because of that i won't handle her
I held my Indian Ornamental
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Sarah, is there any way you can get a good ventral pic?
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tbh you don't need a ventral shot for her.. that is 100% female just based on the abdomen pattern.
http://www.pticjipajki.com/galerija/3/Poecilotheria_regalis_male.jpg Males have a dark pattern and females have the white pattern
http://www.pticjipajki.com/galerija/3/Poecilotheria_regalis_male.jpg Males have a dark pattern and females have the white pattern
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Actually, I've been trying but the built-in flash on my Canon is giving me a fit, which means I have to shoot from an angle that won't reflect the flash back into my camera's lens - thus blinding me and ruining an otherwise decent picture
However, when I shoot from an angle, I am not able to get my lens as close as I would like for a perfectly clear macro shot. I've been working on getting a picture just so I can enlarge it. I'll see what I can do this weekend
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Hey, I'm not worried
I can't say it won't bite, but that's the risk we all take when we handle our tarantulas. You just never know.How could I not be tempted to hold that beautiful creature?
I'm glad I got the opportunity to, because it showed me they're not 100% vicious all of the time. Like a certain P. murinus I have...
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Mine doesn't mind when I go in the tank to do routine maintenance, but I was extremely careful in how I handled it. I never forced it into anything or pushed it. I just allowed the Pokie to walk onto my hand, and I slowly rolled my wrist to get it used to the movement so it wouldn't freak out on me and go flying when I got up to take pictures. It seemed very calm, almost that of a Grammostola. I placed my hand on the peat moss after I was done taking pictures, and it calmly walked right off.