Times when your T has made you laugh out loud...
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This is why I want an A.seemani! xD
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If it's an audible hiss, that's not an OBT, they have no stridulating apparatus.
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A. purpurea
I hold most of my T's daily and one of my favorites is my A purpurea. She's only about 1 1/2" but has a heart of Godzilla. She runs from 1 hand to the other but when she gets to my right hand, usually at the end of my index finger, she stops, backs up about 1/8", pats her feet on my finger then JUMPS. She lands on my other hand spread eagle and stays there for a second or two before she starts the journey all over again. It makes me laugh every time. I know the Avics like to jump but she has "style" I hold up a "10"
I hold most of my T's daily and one of my favorites is my A purpurea. She's only about 1 1/2" but has a heart of Godzilla. She runs from 1 hand to the other but when she gets to my right hand, usually at the end of my index finger, she stops, backs up about 1/8", pats her feet on my finger then JUMPS. She lands on my other hand spread eagle and stays there for a second or two before she starts the journey all over again. It makes me laugh every time. I know the Avics like to jump but she has "style" I hold up a "10"
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Where did you hear that? They absolutely do stridulate. You can come visit mine and hear it if you don't believe...
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My A. seemani just the other day picked up its water dish (A cap from one of thoes 5 gallon water jugs) and carried it into its hide... without spilling a drop. it was a mix of 
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and P. murinus, P. chordatus and P. lugardi can all stridulate. you can read about it here
and:? andand P. murinus, P. chordatus and P. lugardi can all stridulate. you can read about it here
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Very well, my apologies, I stand corrected. I'd not read that they stridulate, nor have any of those that I've dealt with (owning 2x P.chordatus and a P.murinus and working with many more).My A. seemani just the other day picked up its water dish (A cap from one of thoes 5 gallon water jugs) and carried it into its hide... without spilling a drop. it was a mix of
and P. murinus, P. chordatus and P. lugardi can all stridulate. you can read about it here
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My stoutleg amuses me when she throws her threat display "hissy fits," but that aside my T's have not done anything too entertaining. Unless it's funny that the avic is crankier than my OBT? :?
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I've never seen a stoutleg do anything more threatening than wave it's butt manacingly in the air as it sticks it's head down a half dug burrow.
I had a funny one yesterday... My new G pulchra was in a temp enclosure on sub that was admittedly too wet. It spent the better part of 24 hours with only 3 or 4 feet at a time touching the ground. She kept switching feet as though the moist soil was so unpleasant she didn't even want to touch it. (Hot potato, hot potato!) It was funny and a little sad at the same time. She obviously wasn't digging it.
I had mercy and moved her to a new enclosure as soon as I could.
I had a funny one yesterday... My new G pulchra was in a temp enclosure on sub that was admittedly too wet. It spent the better part of 24 hours with only 3 or 4 feet at a time touching the ground. She kept switching feet as though the moist soil was so unpleasant she didn't even want to touch it. (Hot potato, hot potato!) It was funny and a little sad at the same time. She obviously wasn't digging it.
I had mercy and moved her to a new enclosure as soon as I could.
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My spiders are constantly making me laugh! Here's a recent example. I had just put a tiny Brachypelma albopilosum sling on coco for the first time. I also transferred the hide he had been using--a quarter of a black film canister--to his new vial. I was curious to see if he'd continue to use his hide or dig a burrow (I made him a "starter burrow" along one side, with a pencil). When I went to bed, he was busily moving coco around. When I woke up, I found:
LOL!
--Diane
LOL!
--Diane
I had a sling on a container without a "hide" and i knew it didnt have enough substrate to her to burrow, so i got my B.smithi 1.4" a hide wich i made with all my good will- Arranged, re-arranged and again till the perfect way! What happens the next morning? "So.. u keep me on this container without a hide for a few days and now imma do it MY way" and there it goes... Evertything was digged up. The "entrance" i made got into the back and she digged the suposed "back" of her deng and made it like the entrance x)) Not a big story but... i wanted to make this thread to live again =)
cheers,
//Tiago
cheers,
//Tiago
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Cyriocosmus leetzi venezuela
So I got some Cyriocosmus species today. The babies are about 3/8". I was moving the C leetzi venezuela into her new home when to my horror I thought I had killed her. I was gently scooting her out of the container she had been packed in and she dropped maybe 1/2" and landed (or appeared to land) on he back. There she lay, motionless. I felt HORRIBLE!!!! So I gently put her in the little home I had made for her trying to figure out what I could do and low-and-behold SHE RAN around the darn container like a wild banshee. SHE WAS PLAYING DEAD. I got such a kick out of it I had my kids come in and watch too. She played dead every time. Little bugger. It kind of reminded me of those sheep that you scare and they fall over. She made me laugh out loud.
So I got some Cyriocosmus species today. The babies are about 3/8". I was moving the C leetzi venezuela into her new home when to my horror I thought I had killed her. I was gently scooting her out of the container she had been packed in and she dropped maybe 1/2" and landed (or appeared to land) on he back. There she lay, motionless. I felt HORRIBLE!!!! So I gently put her in the little home I had made for her trying to figure out what I could do and low-and-behold SHE RAN around the darn container like a wild banshee. SHE WAS PLAYING DEAD. I got such a kick out of it I had my kids come in and watch too. She played dead every time. Little bugger. It kind of reminded me of those sheep that you scare and they fall over. She made me laugh out loud.
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Was feeding my P. cambridge slings the other day and my larger one (about an inch now) must have got spooked and bolted from it's container. Fast little bugger, it jumped onto my arm, ran up my arm to my shoulder and jumped on the shelves that have my other T's, then jumped off that and stuck to my nose. My girlfriend, who isn't all too thrilled with my collection, screamed and left the room. All this after I asked her to come watch me so she could get used to them. I don't think she'll even set foot in that room again.
On second though, she may be a closet T lover since she did get me a TC gift certificate for my birthday. First one ever given out too!
On second though, she may be a closet T lover since she did get me a TC gift certificate for my birthday.
First one ever given out too!
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Well I just had to resurrect this thread because I was laughing my a$$ off this morning. I posted to the announcements board but just for sheets and squiggles i'm posting a link here too. (because very few people look at announcements even though that's where the good stuff usually is)
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=147067
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=147067
draconian22
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I think one of the funniest things is when you feed a small sling, and it strikes the cricket so hard it does somersaults. I find A.seemani slings do this the most.
Or when they have too much junk in their trunk. I have to feed all my slow growers once every week or two, just because they dont molt and lose the weight as often as other species.
Last night I got a surprise from some P.cambridgei slings, I was trying to herd one out of the container that had 7 others aswell. Well it gave me the threat posture, held it for 30 seconds, ran back to the rest of the slings huddled together, then 5 of them charged out with that one leading the charge. It was like it rallied the troops. I had such trouble putting a pill bottle over each of them, due to the fact I was laughing like crazy.
Or when they have too much junk in their trunk. I have to feed all my slow growers once every week or two, just because they dont molt and lose the weight as often as other species.
Last night I got a surprise from some P.cambridgei slings, I was trying to herd one out of the container that had 7 others aswell. Well it gave me the threat posture, held it for 30 seconds, ran back to the rest of the slings huddled together, then 5 of them charged out with that one leading the charge. It was like it rallied the troops. I had such trouble putting a pill bottle over each of them, due to the fact I was laughing like crazy.
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My first T (B.smithi) loved playing hide-and-seek with me, and one day she decided to chill underneath her water dish...
Also (this isn't really a T antic, but it involves Ts, and I thought I'd share)... my bearded dragon, Irwin, frequently sits on my computer desk when I work. My old 4" A.genic used to be kept in a 10gal tank next to the desk, and every single time Irwin caught sight of her, in an effort to grab a tasty (and supersized) meal, he'd run over to the edge of the desk, stick his tongue out, and jump off the desk toward the T, smacking headfirst into the glass and falling to the floor. XD Of course, I was worried about what that'd do to Irwin, but every time he did it, he'd be perfectly fine. After I would pick him up and place him back on the desk, he'd try gettin' that T again and again and again (my A.genic would just sit there, probably wondering why on earth that lizard is higher up on the food chain than her). XD
Also (this isn't really a T antic, but it involves Ts, and I thought I'd share)... my bearded dragon, Irwin, frequently sits on my computer desk when I work. My old 4" A.genic used to be kept in a 10gal tank next to the desk, and every single time Irwin caught sight of her, in an effort to grab a tasty (and supersized) meal, he'd run over to the edge of the desk, stick his tongue out, and jump off the desk toward the T, smacking headfirst into the glass and falling to the floor. XD Of course, I was worried about what that'd do to Irwin, but every time he did it, he'd be perfectly fine. After I would pick him up and place him back on the desk, he'd try gettin' that T again and again and again (my A.genic would just sit there, probably wondering why on earth that lizard is higher up on the food chain than her). XD
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My mature female B. Smithi who is very plump once landed on the very back of her abdomen (spinnerettes down), from about a one inch fall, when transferring her into her new terrarium. I was worried at first then started laughing when she was stuck in the soft substrate and couldn't get on her feet with her legs flailing around.
Also, not a T but related. I went to feed a cricket to my P. Irminia today and it jumped away. When I finally caught it I put it in the enclosure and it was lying on it's back with no movement so I figured I have squished it when trying to catch it. I poked it with the tweezer and it righted itself and took off into the enclosure only to be grabbed by my girl. I've never had a cricket play dead before...
Also, not a T but related. I went to feed a cricket to my P. Irminia today and it jumped away. When I finally caught it I put it in the enclosure and it was lying on it's back with no movement so I figured I have squished it when trying to catch it. I poked it with the tweezer and it righted itself and took off into the enclosure only to be grabbed by my girl. I've never had a cricket play dead before...
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The time I LOLed on my T's was the time that I got my first OW specimen, a cobalt blue just last week. Well, it all started when I was putting more substrate in her cage so, that time it was my first OW handling experience ever. She was hanging on side at the rim on her cage and I stood there just staring at it with my paintbrush, it was like I didn't know what to do with it. I took a deep breath and tried to poke it but some kind of unknown force was pulling my hand back from touching her and I'd say "crap" after every attempt.
Finally I mustered enough courage and poked around her legs but she didn't move one bit. I thought wow they're not as defensive as people think they are so I resumed poking without getting any results. My prodding lead to the hair on my paint brush getting hooked on her rear leg so I pulled the brush off and in a blink of an eye, she got down on the substrate and did the threat posture. I did a crazy guy laugh cause of how fast she went on me but it didn't stop my curiosity on how a bite would look like on the brush. To my surprise she ran away and did laps inside her cage and I just sat there smiling. Eventually she got out causing me to scream like girl. It took me about an hour for the whole ordeal including putting her back in her cage but I had fun chasing her around my room cause my room mates all went up their beds in terror. I told them that she can jump 3 feet
Finally I mustered enough courage and poked around her legs but she didn't move one bit. I thought wow they're not as defensive as people think they are so I resumed poking without getting any results. My prodding lead to the hair on my paint brush getting hooked on her rear leg so I pulled the brush off and in a blink of an eye, she got down on the substrate and did the threat posture. I did a crazy guy laugh cause of how fast she went on me but it didn't stop my curiosity on how a bite would look like on the brush. To my surprise she ran away and did laps inside her cage and I just sat there smiling. Eventually she got out causing me to scream like girl. It took me about an hour for the whole ordeal including putting her back in her cage but I had fun chasing her around my room cause my room mates all went up their beds in terror. I told them that she can jump 3 feet
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Wow. Talk about irresponsible...The time I LOLed on my T's was the time that I got my first OW specimen, a cobalt blue just last week. Well, it all started when I was putting more substrate in her cage so, that time it was my first OW handling experience ever. She was hanging on side at the rim on her cage and I stood there just staring at it with my paintbrush, it was like I didn't know what to do it. I'd take a deep breath and try to poke it but some kind of unknown force was pulling my hand back from touching and I'd say "crap" everytime .
Finally I mustered enough courage and poked around her legs but she didn't move one bit. I thought wow they're not as defensive as people think they are so I resumed poking without getting any results. My prodding lead to the hair on my paint brush getting hooked on her rear leg so I pulled the brush off and in a blink of an eye, she got down on the substrate and did the threat posture. I did a crazy guy laugh cause of how fast she went on me but it didn't stop my curiosity on how a bite would look like on the brush. To my surprise she ran away and did laps inside her cage and I just sat there laughing. Eventually she got out and I screamed like girl it took me about an hour of putting her back in her cage but I had fun chasing her around my room cause my room mates all went up their bed in terror. I told them that she can jump 3 feet
I think you need a different pet. Or rather, no pets at all.