G.rosea/porteri?My non T friends have great alternatives names. The most comon is "Gingerbutt". I'll let you figure that one out aha
G.rosea/porteri?My non T friends have great alternatives names. The most comon is "Gingerbutt". I'll let you figure that one out aha
Turquoise orange assG.rosea/porteri?
Your not alone.. I'm that idiot also.. Except mine are usually swearing at me and I'm trying to explain why they shouldn't be trying to murder me... It's for your own good you sexy little beast this enclosure has a girl in it.. I hear she likes to party ;-) Lol..And yeah I'm the idiot who talks to them while doing maintenance
Easy...GBB.. I'm a pro we can do this all day!Turquoise orange ass
Oh I'm with you completely, he just is not interested in learning them. I guess because it really is my thing. He thinks their cool but beyond that, to him their a mild inconvenience over all. He also has a speech impediment that makes pronouciation of even some English words a challenge. The Latin names get him all tied up. .Besides spiders, I collect plants (palms, tropical trees, etc). All my wife hears from me is latin names. Spouses can adapt if they want to. Common names are so convoluted: some animals/plants have several common names, some have none, some common names could apply to a multitude of species, etc. I don't see how that helps anyone. With latin, there's the recognition of genera names you hear repeated; you start to understand that things are related, whereas with common names there's no organization or logic at all. Almost identical common names can be used for species that have no relationship to each other.
Definitely agreed.I've found that them having names also helps with people who are scared of spiders and meet my collection. It gives them a more "approachable" feel and I've noticed that people relax more when I say "this girl is named Ventress" and then explain what her genus and species is and answer any questions as opposed to just rattle off the latin name and be done with it.
I so love those movies. And he kinda resembles a B. albopilosum with all that hair....When you say captain there`s only one in my head, the rum drinking, funny moving singing... dadadadadaaaaaa you got it. Captain Jack sparrow of course. Haha
Hehe i love them too. I could watch them all the time. Haha i remember a lot of the script from the 1st one.I so love those movies. And he kinda resembles a B. albopilosum with all that hair....
I find it easier to keep multiple specimens of the same species straight if I'm calling them by names instead of "B. albopilosum #4".I don't really understand calling them a name since they don't have the capacity to understand it, but that's just me.
Whoa! How is this such a controversial subject?The mods really should just lock this thread now The last time this blew up, it was 10+ pages and the thread was deleted. This is the mild one.
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/naming-your-ts.282561/
I have a natural impulse to do this, but I try to stop myself because I don't want my breath or voice vibrations to scare my Ts.And yeah I'm the idiot who talks to them while doing maintenance and yes I know good and well they don't hear me.
You know it's time to brush your teeth when your Ts faint when you talk to them!!I have my friends name my Ts, which is how I end up with names like "Shaq Fu" and "Chronic the Spiderhog".
I find it easier to keep multiple specimens of the same species straight if I'm calling them by names instead of "B. albopilosum #4".
Whoa! How is this such a controversial subject?
I have a natural impulse to do this, but I try to stop myself because I don't want my breath or voice vibrations to scare my Ts.
Whoa! How is this such a controversial subject?
Yeah, that's what I thought too. A few posts ago I said what triggered the tantrums, insults, accusations, and name calling, mostly directed at me. Then those gentle and thoughtful souls disappeared after having purged themselves of their pent-up anger. I'm sure they felt better after that. It was a beautiful experience.
I named all of mine. I had 31 at one point, but am now down to 23. Whatever name strikes your fancy. Some of mine are tongue-in-cheek (I named my GBB 'Sprite'). Multiples of the same species usually start with the same letter ('Valeria' and 'Vendetta' are my two P. regalis, and 'Valour' and 'Vixen' for two of my B. albopilosum that I got at the same time). I named my B. emilia in honour of Stan Schultz's late wife & a very long lived emilia that they owned once upon a time ('Duchess Marguerite')What is your opinion on naming your tarantulas? I always name mine since I always name my pets. I especially like giving them names that reflect their personality or color scheme.