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<blockquote data-quote="Poec54" data-source="post: 41121" data-attributes="member: 3524"><p>60 is pretty cool for tarantulas (and can kill molting spiders, slings, and adults of some tropical species), but roseas are from a climate with cold winters so they can take better than most. Remember, it's very different when they're underground in a plugged up burrow, there's a lot of heat in the ground. It can be 40 outside and <em>significantly</em> warmer in their burrow. </p><p></p><p>Roseas are known for several things: 1) hardiness, 2) long fasts, and 3) unpredictable mood swings. They're popular with beginners because w/c adults are cheap, not because of their temperaments. People have had calm ones for months and even years, and then one day they turn confrontational and attack everything near them. This tends to come as a surprise to people. </p><p></p><p>Handling tarantulas is an old school stunt that is gradually going away as people are learning to respect their spiders and keep them more naturally. Anything in the wild that picks them up eats them; don't expect a warm welcome when you do it. Sometimes they get startled and run up a person's arm, even on their back. Are you aware that tarantulas sometimes bite the person they're walking on? Sometimes when they bite, they don't let go. If you are bitten, will you instinctively shake your hand and accidently fling the spider?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Poec54, post: 41121, member: 3524"] 60 is pretty cool for tarantulas (and can kill molting spiders, slings, and adults of some tropical species), but roseas are from a climate with cold winters so they can take better than most. Remember, it's very different when they're underground in a plugged up burrow, there's a lot of heat in the ground. It can be 40 outside and [I]significantly[/I] warmer in their burrow. Roseas are known for several things: 1) hardiness, 2) long fasts, and 3) unpredictable mood swings. They're popular with beginners because w/c adults are cheap, not because of their temperaments. People have had calm ones for months and even years, and then one day they turn confrontational and attack everything near them. This tends to come as a surprise to people. Handling tarantulas is an old school stunt that is gradually going away as people are learning to respect their spiders and keep them more naturally. Anything in the wild that picks them up eats them; don't expect a warm welcome when you do it. Sometimes they get startled and run up a person's arm, even on their back. Are you aware that tarantulas sometimes bite the person they're walking on? Sometimes when they bite, they don't let go. If you are bitten, will you instinctively shake your hand and accidently fling the spider? [/QUOTE]
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