DragonTears told me today about an incident with the BugZoo back when they had centipedes. Apparently their S. subspinipes escaped during a demo and ran up a kid's pant leg. The demo-er didn't know how fast they were.
So I guess it's a good thing you learned the speediness while it was still itty-bitty.
Its got to start sometime.
Yeah...Its got to start sometime.
It wasnt as bad as the time I lost my Avic. purpurea in my bedroom during the hottest part of the summer. It escaped through a small hole in the kritter keeper lid. It was gone for two weeks while I had my room at 75% humidity, wet carpets are gross by the way, and bananas laying around with my entire fruitfly culture dumped on them... I was lucky though, I came home from work, looked at my wall near my hanging plant, and there it was hanging out underneath the christmas lights I have draped around the room, twice as big as it was before it got loose. My room was a huge mess because I had just moved back home from school and had stuff thrown everywhere... So I wasnt about to move anything and risk squishing it.
No, I meant holding the poke. I meant its going to start sometime. Handling T's is as addictive as raising them. You can't stop.Yeah...
AHH!!! Yes. I hold them once in a while, once they are big enough not to slip away before I notice that is. I do this simply because I like knowing I have control over my own nerves. The tarantulas don't mind it because I don't pick them up, I let them come on my hand at their own pace, no aggressive coaxing. And I know that if I get bit it is my own fault.
Here is Kracken saying "You do exist!"
Warning: display of hair pie may not be suitable for some younger tarantulas. 
