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rigsby
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 Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:13 pm Post subject: black widow |
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this was recently brought into a local pet shop ,it arrived in a crate from the USA
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 nice find! 
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gargoyle
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Wouldn't want to stick my hand in and find that on the end of my finger though.
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Hee hee my friend said that her friend back in China had one, and he looked in the enclosure one day to find that it was missing. Never found it, no idea where it went, just vanished. I wonder if he's found it yet...  |
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SiUK
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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cool little thing, not as dangerous as the Australian black widows but you still wouldnt want to get bitten
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garysumpter
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Sod that!
To clarify, Sod that
No really, SOD THAT!!
I mean, what would you do if someone brought one of those in?
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slippery42
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: black widow |
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| rigsby wrote: | this was recently brought into a local pet shop ,it arrived in a crate from the USA
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I know some one who wants one 
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trueviper_UK
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| garysumpter wrote: | Sod that!
To clarify, Sod that
No really, SOD THAT!!
I mean, what would you do if someone brought one of those in? |
If it were me, take it home!!!! 
Seriously though, how hard can it be to avoid being bitten if you kept one?
Theyr'e very dangerous no dought but a simple snake hook would be enough to work with them 
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SiUK
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they are really small, so you'd need a tiny snake hook but I have seen people holding them and letting them run across them they wont necessarily bite without any provocation, having said that I wouldn't want to hold one.
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Rob Byatt
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These are very docile and timid spiders - I tried to catch them in Almeria and couldn't get anywhere near the bloody things
It's your own fault if you get bitten
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