Peculiar tarantulas

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Watching the ground open up is just sooooooooooo special. It's every Sci-fi sneaky movie monster in one.

 
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The wolf said:
I know right. I really want one the blue chelicerae orange legs and golden abdomen I love it
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It will turn into a dark cream-ish colour with purple chelicerae though. Soings look like they had a quarrel with paint, older ones are more uniform, colour wise. Still pretty though! Males mature out stupidly small, mine was like, 6cm DLS. Really bummed me out it turned out male.
draconisj4 said:
There is one on you tube, but to be honest it didn't look like a cartwheel to me.

Lol, just referring to the common name for that move. Still, I'd like to see it in person. My M. robustum must be broken, all I've ever seen from it is a normal threat posture.
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Ah, lost in translation then, I wasn't familiar with that term.

@Venom1080 thanks for sharing that, learned something new today, awesome. :)
 
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@Andrea82 Hi pal, your E. cyanognathus is small in the video, is this a recent picture or do you have a more up to date one, I would love to see what it looks like now, it's a stunning specimen -those fangs are a sight for sore (roach) eyes....LOL
 
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viper69 said:
The undiscovered green tarantula!
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You meen P.rufilata :angelic:...

Hey,what's the name of that species from the Andes mountain that rolls down the slope to escape predators. That's pretty unusual behavior among Tarantulas..

As for my contribution to the thread

There is Kankuamo marquezi that from what I gather has a type of poison on (or delivered through) it's setae. The irritation caused by the hairs is from direct contact with the poisonous setae not purely mechanical like all other species of Tarantulas. If I remeber correctly I don't believe they can dislodge the abdominal setae at all.
 
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14pokies said:
Hey,what's the name of that species from the Andes mountain that rolls down the slope to escape predators. That's pretty unusual behavior among Tarantulas..
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Don't recall the species...but isn't that a true spider?
 
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mconnachan said:
@Andrea82 Hi pal, your E. cyanognathus is small in the video, is this a recent picture or do you have a more up to date one, I would love to see what it looks like now, it's a stunning specimen -those fangs are a sight for sore (roach) eyes....LOL
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Not my video :D
I'd never agitate my spiders like that, even though I'm grateful to the person showing it.
 
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The wolf said:
You get those desert huntsmen that do that
After a quick google it's Carparachne aureoflava
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Found this one as well, different genus. To be honest, the spider cartwheeling looks just like it gave up on running downhill, tripped over his own legs and just goes head over heels spinning to get there. Like kids running down a hill and falling over. :rofl:

 
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Andrea82 said:
Not my video :D
I'd never agitate my spiders like that, even though I'm grateful to the person showing it.
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Actually I had thought that to myself, knowing how respectful you are I should have known better, the spider is beautiful albeit agitated by its keeper.
 
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