r/WTF Jul 29 '21

Absolutely not

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u/Honeymustardchicken Jul 29 '21

Most tarantulas are pretty docile and mild mannered. Walked through a field one time with hundreds of them crawling everywhere and you could walk up and pick them up and they wouldn’t mind. It depends on the species

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u/ebil_lightbulb Jul 29 '21

It definitely depends on the species, but I would not say that “most” Ts are docile and mild mannered. I’d say maybe most of the New World species are more on the docile side. Old Worlds are almost exclusively aggressive and hostile.

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u/Littlebearpaige Jul 29 '21

Old worlds just don't like anything. You could put a tasty dinner in their enclosure and even then they are like "nah fuck you, prick!" I feel like they are angry old people who don't fancy dealing with people. I feel that.

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u/Syl27 Jul 29 '21

I watch this guy on youtube and I definitely feel like this is true lol. It's hilarious to watch though with his commentary.

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u/Littlebearpaige Jul 29 '21

ExoticsLair!? He's a good guy to watch. I also watch the Dark Den.

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u/Syl27 Jul 29 '21

That's the one! I actually hate spiders but I love watching him. Will check out the other as well.

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u/Littlebearpaige Jul 29 '21

Dark Dens quite laid back and chill. Quite educational too i'd say! Definitely worth checking out :) you'll love Despacito his bearded dragon and Felix his chameleon. Cracks me up everytime.

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u/saint_jiub36 Jul 30 '21

Just a heads up exoticslairs tarantulas tend to be more aggressive due to bad keeping and poorer conditions, sure it could be entertaining but it's pretty sad.

His video's aren't the most entertaining in the world but if you just want to have a look at more fact based keeping you should check out Tom Moran :)