What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever heard about a tarantula online

[Introvertebrate]

I caught my genic pretty much submerged in her water dish last night. I still don't know what she was up to. Next thing I know, she's clear on the other side of the enclosure.

 

[taranbandido]

Do you like scuba diving like Pelinobius muticus?..Sldos...

 

[spideyspinneret78]

Noticed this trend of calling them babies, children, etc. 🫤 Seems like a psychological problem that Sigmund Freud would go wild over.

I think that your troubling behavior is due to palpal bulb envy.

 

[Mustafa67]

I read through a few pages of that and skimmed through the rest just last night. This one guy just the other day hopped on this other dudes beginner thread where op was asking if he should get a B. hamorii or G. porteri/rosea and went on some big long winded rant about how any spider, even if it's something like an H. Mac or S. cal, is totally fine for a beginner if they just "do research", mentioned he's owned 3 rattlesnakes and sold 2 of them to 2 different guys "who'd never even seen a rattlesnake in their lives" one of which got bit and died being careless (and of course he put it all on the dude who got bit taking no responsibility for selling it to people who don't know what they're doing) & saying that the T community has "FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) logic" for believing in a ladder system and also saying the arboreal enclosures commonly used all suck just cause they're front opening. It was dumb. Really, really dumb. That said this other thread with that girl is WILD and blows the stupidity of that other guy I just mentioned completely out of the water. This woman seriously believes her Pokie & Avic are affectionate to her and also is a total science denier who doesn't believe in evolution or even gravity (which I guess she prefers to call something else, so I guess at the very least she believes things still fall when dropped lol.). Literally everything she said in that thread is so off the charts unintelligent it's almost unbelievable so I see why some thought it was an intentional troll, but I don't think it was.

I used to be on Reddit before and some of the tarantula keeping stuff they said were MAD, absolutley MAD. Made NO sense at all and just BAD advice. Some were recommending OBT’s as beginner and claiming REALLY badly designed tanks were suitable. It was MAD and people agreed with unsuitable recommendations. It really used to make me shake my head.

 

[Dementeddoll]

Never reveal your interests to coworkers.

Yeah I figured that out real easily. They tell me how can you sleep with those things in your room, you’re weird, that’s scary. I tell them crickets are scary and they laugh.

 

[Zoopy]

Yeah I figured that out real easily. They tell me how can you sleep with those things in your room, you’re weird, that’s scary. I tell them crickets are scary and they laugh.

What's funny is that normal house spiders still creep me out, even though my Ts and jumping spiders are totally fine.

 

[Dementeddoll]

What's funny is that normal house spiders still creep me out, even though my Ts and jumping spiders are totally fine.

I’m scared of the feeders I give my T’s. idk they just seem disgusting. Haha, so it gives me the goosebumps.

 

[Frogdaddy]

This.....

Can tarantulas drink something other than water?

This may sound odd, but I've ALWAYS had the urge to give my tarantulas juice, or milk or something other than just plain water. It just seems like they might want some added nutrients lol. Are there any specific vitamin/nourishment needs for tarantulas? Have you ever heard of giving them another...

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