Most venomous tarantula?

[Frogdaddy]

It has nothing to do with hañdling it. I rarely handle my androctonus and I've had venomous arachnids I've never held. It is to acquire the most venomous T though. I like venomous whether or not to handle. The majority of the time I just watch them though

So you only.handle potentially dangerous, venomous species a minority of the time? After proclaiming you get "a rush from the risk".
Do what you want but, sorry I'm not buying that line.

 

[Smotzer]

It has nothing to do with hañdling it. I rarely handle my androctonus and I've had venomous arachnids I've never held. It is to acquire the most venomous T though. I like venomous whether or not to handle. The majority of the time I just watch them though

Please don’t get anything just because of how venomous it is, it will our grown your experience level very fast, and it sounds like you wouldn’t be able to help yourself. They should always be respected, they are not play things.

 

[Johnn]

So you only.handle potentially dangerous, venomous species a minority of the time? After proclaiming you get "a rush from the risk".
Do what you want but, sorry I'm not buying that line.

Well I would be more inclined to handle a highly venomous T since they're still not that dangerous. I don't handle my androctonus often because they're a pain to pick up the "right way", that is if you're gonna hold them. They can sting forwards, sideways, backwards. I didn't know that and that's how I got stung by an australis long time ago. You have to bury your hand and push the dirt behind them with your other hand to make it crawl into your hand without nudging it or having a raised part of your hand that could potentially cause it to feel threatened. Most of the time they run over your hand and back onto the dirt so it's too much of a pain to catch them without creating a highly likely too get stung scenario. So I only occasionally hold them

 

[Dorifto]

Next time buy and handle a sea wasp

 

[Smotzer]

Well I would be more inclined to handle a highly venomous T since they're still not that dangerous

I’ll be waiting for your post in the bite reports section.

 

[TheDarkFinder]

The one that just bite you is the most venous tarantula you have to deal with.

Considering most bites from tarantulas are low dose or dry bites it is kind of a mute point.

Joking aside.

In the real world it depends on species, dose load, number of bites, and location.

A bit on the finger where it causes swelling cuts blood flow and the finger has to be removed is worst for me then a 3 day stay in a hospital where I walk away whole.

Lucky for us, tarantulas don't seem to want to inject the full dose in defense, so most bites are minor.

 

[Johnn]

I’ll be waiting for your post in the bite reports section.

Is there a bite report section? If so where is it? I would like to put australis sting report on it

 

[Dorifto]

Looks like you only want to draw attention. So good luck in your life.

 

[Frogdaddy]

Here's the sting report.

Sting Reports

A Category for you to share your experiences of being stung. (For scorpions)

arachnoboards.com

And the bite report.

Bite Reports

A Category for you to share your experiences of being bit. (For tarantulas, centipedes, others)

arachnoboards.com

You'll probably want to go ahead and bookmark those pages. It's hard to do a search with only a few fingers.

 

[Dorifto]

It's hard to do a search with only a few fingers.

Much harder with a flatline heart.

We should stop giving him our attention before he insert is fingers in any plug.

 

[kingshockey]

its more like in the nature of "i got the biggest gun that shoots the biggest bullet with the clip that holds the most kinda thing"

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Well I would be more inclined to handle a highly venomous T since they're still not that dangerous.

I look forward to creasing up at your bite report.

It's hard to do a search with only a few fingers.

I imagine it's harder to do when you feel like you've been dipped into a deep fat fryer and all the muscles in your arms are constantly spasming/cramping up

 

[Johnn]

I look forward to creasing up at your bite report.



I imagine it's harder to do when you feel like you've been dipped into a deep fat fryer and all the muscles in your arms are constantly spasming/cramping up

Well I requested the australis and scolopendra subsinipes to be opened up for a bite and sting report but if I remember I'll send you a message to let you know when it's written. Hope they create the australis and subsinipes section soon like I requested

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Well I requested the australis and scolopendra subsinipes to be opened up for a bite and sting report but if I remember I'll send you a message to let you know when it's written. Hope they create the australis and subsinipes section soon like I requested

I mean the one that'll inevitably result from you trying to handle Stromatopelminae/Ornithoctoninae

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Haplopelma hainanum; Chilobrachys fimbriatus; Poecilotheria ornata; the two "flying" Baboons (H. maculata; S. calceatum); other cuties like various Haplos; P. murinus etc

 

[NukaMedia Exotics]

There have been studies done, although not very recently. I would attach the scientific paper, but I am not allowed to due to the fact that it is not open source and had to be purchased. I will attach the illustration included in that paper, that I put together when someone brought up that there was no information comparing new world versus old world venom severity. The title of the paper it came from is "Tarantulas: eight legged pharmacists and combinatorial chemists" by Pierre Escoubas, Lachlan Rash - France 2004.
Also, you can take a look at the Tale of the Stromatopelma calceatum Bite.
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This looks pretty good, about what I would guess in terms of the S. cal, H. mac, and other African baboons and then Poecilotheria.