Skinny Aphonopelma chalcodes?

[Arachnophobphile]

Man.....I really miss my male A. chalcodes. He brought me so much joy in his silly antics he displayed. I used to laugh when he came out of his burrow and rest on his side in the middle of the enclosure. I didn't realize back then that I was smiling observing him. It was him that got me attached to the Aphonopelma genus. They have such unique qualities to them.

It's unfortunate that some people are turned off by brown tarantulas, they really are missing out on a great species under this genus.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Man.....I really miss my male A. chalcodes. He brought me so much joy in his silly antics he displayed. I used to laugh when he came out of his burrow and rest on his side in the middle of the enclosure. I didn't realize back then that I was smiling observing him. It was him that got me attached to the Aphonopelma genus. They have such unique qualities to them.

It's unfortunate that some people are turned off by brown tarantulas, they really are missing out on a great species under this genus.

Yeah great genus.
chalcodes gained some abdomen size!!!

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Yeah great genus.
chalcodes gained some abdomen size!!!

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That's a healthy looking chalcodes.

 

[Spifdar]

Man.....I really miss my male A. chalcodes. He brought me so much joy in his silly antics he displayed. I used to laugh when he came out of his burrow and rest on his side in the middle of the enclosure. I didn't realize back then that I was smiling observing him. It was him that got me attached to the Aphonopelma genus. They have such unique qualities to them.

It's unfortunate that some people are turned off by brown tarantulas, they really are missing out on a great species under this genus.

I've never owned one but a video of them is what initially got me fascinated with tarantulas. It was one of those silly dramatic Brave Wilderness videos where the hosts wander around sticking venomous critters onto their skin to be bitten or stung before going "wow, this really hurts!" and rolling around on the ground a lot lol. The host in this case tried it with two chalcodes supposedly wild-caught from the desert. The female barely pinched, and he had to incite a second bite, which was really mild and only broke skin because she bit the same spot a second time, and even then only slightly. Even the usually very dramatic host was like "ah that's really not too bad." The male (despite threat posing) refused to bite no matter how badly he manhandled it. It just WOULD NOT bite him. I thought it was really telling, and it was good in an educational sense--to teach that these creatures really aren't all that scary. They seem like really sweet-tempered tarantulas to have!