DeadLegs
Arachnopeon
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- Jan 31, 2017
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They are frowned upon, as the "non-scientific" names are how mixups occur, and is how we get hybrids. Common names are nothing but a plague on the hobby.Huh. I suppose users of non-scientific names get no love?
Petstore I've been going to is now selling OBTs (one of the few accepted common names) under various other common names. (I.e sunburst baboons, startburst baboons, etc..) So i see why they're so frowned upon.They are frowned upon, as the "non-scientific" names are how mixups occur, and is how we get hybrids. Common names are nothing but a plague on the hobby.
Yeah. There can be 20 for one species (look at the brachypelma genus) and then two species with a similar common name, but are two completely different species (lets say a suntiger vs an earthtiger) are sold, someone might buy the "earth tiger" (haplopelma) as a "suntiger" (Psalmos) handle the spider, get bit by an OW, and then... yeah.Petstore I've been going to is now selling OBTs (one of the few accepted common names) under various other common names. (I.e sunburst baboons, startburst baboons, etc..) So i see why they're so frowned upon.
To be fair, I wouldn't handle my suntiger either.. Ofcourse she's a nw, but their bite is still hell for a nw from what I've gathered..Yeah. There can be 20 for one species (look at the brachypelma genus) and then two species with a similar common name, but are two completely different species (lets say a suntiger vs an earthtiger) are sold, someone might buy the "earth tiger" (haplopelma) as a "suntiger" (Psalmos) handle the spider, get bit by an OW, and then... yeah.
Yeah, it's closer to an OW than a NW, but still a NW regardless.To be fair, I wouldn't handle my suntiger either.. Ofcourse she's a nw, but their bite is still hell for a nw from what I've gathered..
Pardon my forwardness but I feel like a statement like that is a bit super snarky. I'm in this hobby for my own enjoyment and part OF the enjoyment for me, in a small way, happens to BE some of the common names. I don't feel like that should be treated as any less worthy or looked down upon.They are frowned upon, as the "non-scientific" names are how mixups occur, and is how we get hybrids. Common names are nothing but a plague on the hobby.
Personally I see no issue with common names (I use them all the time for my non arachnid loving friends) but try to use scientific on the boards more, it's just lessens confusion I guess.Pardon my forwardness but I feel like a statement like that is a bit super snarky. I'm in this hobby for my own enjoyment and part OF the enjoyment for me, in a small way, happens to BE some of the common names. I don't feel like that should be treated as any less worthy or looked down upon.
If you joined a photography forum, would you refuse to learn what aperture, shutter speed, and depth of field meant, and still demand to be taken seriously by the other members?Pardon my forwardness but I feel like a statement like that is a bit super snarky. I'm in this hobby for my own enjoyment and part OF the enjoyment for me, in a small way, happens to BE some of the common names. I don't feel like that should be treated as any less worthy or looked down upon.
I'm not sure how or why you interpreted from this, any sort of refusal. Also, none of these have anything to do with Latin scientific names. Not remotely a similarity. But yes, if I were getting into some type of hobby and did not have everything committed to memory in the scientific realm, I WOULD expect that another individual who has maybe been inside that hobby for an extensive length of time, not be snarky and douchey toward me for my lack of knowledge or tendency to refer to common names over Latin.If you joined a photography forum, would you refuse to learn what aperture, shutter speed, and depth of field meant, and still demand to be taken seriously by the other members?
If you joined a sewing forum, but you refused to learn the given terminology for all the different parts of a sewing machine, would you expect the members to treat you as an equal?
If you joined a car stereo forum, but refused to learn the difference between 4 watts and 4 ohms, do you think anyone would care what you thought on that forum or try to answer your questions?
Food for thought.
Until you try breeding or selling/trading..Pardon my forwardness but I feel like a statement like that is a bit super snarky. I'm in this hobby for my own enjoyment and part OF the enjoyment for me, in a small way, happens to BE some of the common names. I don't feel like that should be treated as any less worthy or looked down upon.
Well, if you're not refusing, it's best to become well versed. Plus I am jealous. That's a nice irminia.I am still perplexed at the assumption taken by multiple posters that I've chosen to "refuse" or "actively try not to learn" the names. Grossly incorrect, but I guess that being already stated doesn't matter, either.
He/she is such a beast eater as well. Its got a hole dug in the substrate and has taken to using it as a means to hide behind the foam backdrop. The cricket gets close and BOOM, then gets dragged backwards into the hole, kicking and fighting.Well, if you're not refusing, it's best to become well versed. Plus I am jealous. That's a nice irminia.