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    common names

    Local pet store in Appleton WI. Listed a curly hair as "Mexican Curly hair. Its a tree spider that needs height not width. Then they changed it to Latino black T. Then finally to Black hair T. Although we told them several times what it was
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    Which Tarantula? Mexican Red Knee vs Cobalt Blue

    Hello Alyssa I am able to shed light since I have both. :) I started with a red knee myself and she is a great starting T. My Cobalt is a pet hole. She comes out sometimes to eat and drink but shes in her burrow most of the time. If you get the right mixture of substrate and clay you can watch...
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    First Tartulas, need your experienced advice and opinion.

    Joe My wife and I cook the outdoor bark at a low 200 degrees for 10 to 15 min (while keeping an eye on it). For our Ts. We have 13. I would say get the Mexican Red Knee. That was our first and shes amazing. The other beginner T I would recommend is the Rose Hair or a Desert Blond. If you are...
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    education, education, education

    I was being facetious. Read my comments with humor. Todays people dont know the difference, thats whats funny. Listen to anyone now a days. Their, there, and they're are as bad as figuratively and literally. It's now interchangable.
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    education, education, education

    You guys are criticizing people who don't know the difference. These are the same people who think koalas are bears and bats are birds. You can be injected with poison. Watch some cold case tv. This person or that person was injected by a poison, and they died and their killer almost got away...
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    Tarantula Pet Names

    Brachypelma smithi - Pico. Brachypelma albopilosum - Kodiak Hapalopus sp. Columbia - Halloweener Chilobrachys andersoni - Col. Mustard Cyriopagopus lividum - Beast Avicularia avicularia - Tiny Dancer
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