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Postby Jackuul » July 19th, 2009, 2:49 pm

This is my first G. rosea, Ms. Fuzzy
(this forum won't parse my links as images for some reason :( so I am linking to the gallery pages instead of the images straight off)
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This is the second of three, Cherry (formally Ms. B**chy)
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And here is my best and most well behaved spider Sweetie

1 ** 2 *(she likes her seashell darnit!)* 3 ** 4
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Postby pitbullmamaliz » July 19th, 2009, 2:58 pm

I am afraid I cannot tell you how cute they are as spiders skeeve me out, :shock: . I'm sure in the grand scheme of spiders they're very beautiful, but they're way too big for my liking! lol
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Postby madremissy » July 19th, 2009, 4:17 pm

I tried, I really did. :o I just can't look past the first one. :nono: Yes it is a major phobia of mine but I am terrified of spiders :swoon: . I am sure they are just gorgeous but I will just have to take your word for it. :wave2:
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Postby Marinepits » July 19th, 2009, 4:24 pm

I kinda dig spiders -- I think they're really neat. However, I'm not at the point where I could actually handle one. Yet.
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Postby TheRedQueen » July 19th, 2009, 4:25 pm

Wow...they are beautiful...I can definitely admire them via pictures or behind glass...I couldn't be persuaded to pick one up or touch it...but they are pretty!
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Postby iluvk9 » July 19th, 2009, 4:38 pm

Can they do any tricks? :wink:
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Postby cheekymunkee » July 19th, 2009, 5:02 pm

Next to snakes and birds those are the scariest things alive :shock:
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Postby Jackuul » July 19th, 2009, 7:22 pm

Birds are just dinosaurs.
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Postby Marinepits » July 19th, 2009, 7:24 pm

Jackuul wrote:Birds are just dinosaurs.


OMG, that is SO true! We just got a Cape Parrot and the little guy makes sounds like every movie dinosaur, LOL! Well, except Godzilla.

In all seriousness, at times he really does look like a feathered dinosaur. It's downright freaky.
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Postby Jackuul » July 19th, 2009, 7:42 pm

Archosaurs to be exact. Jurassic Park did not portray the velociraptors correctly. It should have been a third of the size, and covered in feathers. Chicken dinner is just a reptile - hence why folks say some reptiles taste like chicken ;)
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Postby pitbullmamaliz » July 19th, 2009, 7:46 pm

Deb, my sis is also frightened of birds. I don't get it. :|

Jackuul, you are a font of knowledge. I think I'm in love.
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Postby Jackuul » July 19th, 2009, 8:00 pm

That mostly comes from writing content for a website, as I am working on a long-delayed article about the Permian-Triassic extinction event. The Permian is when synapsids ruled the world the first time, the extinction event wiped them out with exception of three known groups, and lead to the dinosaurs, a reptile, dominating the world.

Synapsids rule the world again, since well... 65 million years ago the reptiles took a hit and only the birds were left (however most everything else survived surprisingly - it is a drop in the bucket compared to the Permian-Triassic event). Mammals, and their ancestors, go back some 320 million years, and predated the reptiles in being a dominating force on the planet (as reptile-like mammaliforms).

Reason I am writing this paper is the recent trend of extinctions is actually outpacing the Permian-Triassic event (which wiped out 90% of all species across the board on the whole planet - including the trilobites) in under a million years. We may be looking at 50% in less than 50.
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Postby dragonfly » July 19th, 2009, 9:00 pm

I think they are Beautiful :mrgreen: I had a Chilean rose hair that passed away last year we had her for 11 years :cry:
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Postby iluvk9 » July 19th, 2009, 9:28 pm

Jackuul, you use VERY BIG WORDS.

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Postby TheRedQueen » July 19th, 2009, 10:05 pm

pitbullmamaliz wrote:Deb, my sis is also frightened of birds. I don't get it. :|


My sister is scared of cats...:shocker:

I win. :purpleBanana:
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Postby Jackuul » July 19th, 2009, 10:18 pm

Other humans scare me more than most anything else to be honest.
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Postby amazincc » July 19th, 2009, 10:55 pm

Jackuul wrote:Other humans scare me more than most anything else to be honest.


AMEN to that!!! :highfive:
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Postby Jackuul » July 20th, 2009, 8:09 pm

Here are the baby Grammostola pulchras.

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Delta 1, Delta 2, Delta 3

Epsilon 1, Epsilon 2

In a few years (likely a decade) they will grow up to look like this:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g78/w ... 0030-3.jpg

And now for an overweight (but not really that bad) one:

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The G. pulchra is also known as the Brazilian Black, and is very docile. Of all the species in the genus Grammostola, it is pretty much the least defensive you can get. Individuals, of course, may vary, but there has not been anything I have seen reporting any G. pulchra as being defensive.
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Postby pitbullmamaliz » July 20th, 2009, 8:14 pm

I am trying so hard, but I still get goosebumps when I see those guys!
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Postby Marinepits » July 20th, 2009, 9:10 pm

Now, that spider is quite beautiful!
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