Sick videos on Youtube

[Spidershane1]

But back to the topic, yea them people posting vids of Tarantula's vs. Whatever they can find... Completely innapropriate. I saw one where they put a tarantula into a blender and make spider shakes. Made me wanna cry

If I saw someone put a tarantula in a blender, I would punch them in the throat. That's not internet tough guy talk either- I would literally physically assault them.

 

[Sky`Scorcher]

I see that this argument hasn't been laid to rest ever since I joined. They may be sick to you, but its their idea of fun and sadly, we can't do anything physically about it over the net.

My take on the matter is that they're both 'animals' it doesn't really matter if either dies or abused. Its because we are attached to our 8-legged companions so much that we seem to regard T's as a higher being than other animals. Same goes to other people that think 'cute and cuddly' animals deserve to live than our T's.

Don't get me the wrong way though. If you look through my posts when I was still 'active' you'll see a thread about me getting really pissed at guy who fed a rosie to his p.cavimanus. Financially, its just plain stupid. :?

 

[singaporesling]

Will you guys stop whining and fighting about feeding Ts mice or not? If its your T you can feed it a mouse or burn it to death with a lighter. Don't expect someone else to raise their pets the same way you do.

 

[koldaar]

This thread is 2 years old. They've stopped.

 

[dydek]

Hehe in fact it is really old... btw Pikaia posted here on forum before about calcium and he said there is no proof what so over that is bad for T. Its just speculation. Its like if you drink milk everyday and then get cancer, does it mean it was milk? Well his example was kind of like that.

 

[spiderengineer]

Its like if you drink milk everyday and then get cancer, does it mean it was milk? Well his example was kind of like that.

you shouldn't drink water everyone who has drank has died

 

[prairiepanda]

Its because we are attached to our 8-legged companions so much that we seem to regard T's as a higher being than other animals.

I don't think anybody here considers Ts to be higher beings...unless you do? Their intelligence is mocked regularly on AB. The problem here isn't that people think Ts are higher beings and therefore shouldn't be abused, it's that many of us here have compassion for animals in general. I'm sure the reaction would be the same whether it was Ts, kittens, snakes, mice, gophers, whatever.

 

[Redthirteen]

Just to play devil's advocate for a second, is feeding a mouse to a T more morally questionable than feeding it a cricket? Also is it wrong for a T to feed on a mouse in the wild? I would interested to hear opinions on this.

Kinda reminds me of a vegetarian girl I worked with who spoke about the rights of animals yet wore leather shoes

 

[naychur]

I've even seen a video that "tested" an OBT's venom by putting a 3 inch specimen with a nearly full grown mouse.

I think I saw this video. Looked like the OBT was afraid of the mouse and was attacking it for other reasons than prey. My interpretation.

I saw a T documentary where tribes were collecting local Ts, frying them alive and selling them as snacks by the roadside. One of the tribes few sources of income, but they were pushing that T to probable extinction.

I saw another one where a "thrill seeker " ate a live T on a dare. Once he held the T with all 8 legs pinned together over its head like a handle, I had to shut it off.

The documentary was sad, but it presented both sides. I understood, felt educated and moved on. I did not need to see the other 2 videos, but they are stuck in my head now.

I realize I personify my Ts just like my other pets because they ARE my pets. My feeders are my feeders. I keep crickets, breed dubia, rats and mice. I probably won't feed mice to my Ts just out of choice and because those are feeders for my snakes. I got into dubia as a better source of food/nutrition for my Ts and dragons.

I like to see the snakes and Ts strike, but I don't enjoy watching suffering. My snakes get F/T except for the few who will only eat live. I feel yoy should feed your animal so it will survive/thrive, not for public amusement (which, I believe, was the original topic).

BTW: In responding Irealize this thread is old, but the points and debates are still valid.


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[jebbewocky]

Hope you're a vegetarian. Cows are fluffy too.

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[BaddestRuffest]

I recently while browsing youtube came across a bug wars video of a T.blondi vs a huge centipede , although I refuse to watch anything like that it just saddens me to think that t could have been 10-15 years old if not more judging my its size and it was killed just for somebodys sick amusement. I just report them for animal cruelty and leave it be. Sick