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<blockquote data-quote="Arachnoscholar" data-source="post: 148131" data-attributes="member: 28900"><p>Lol I was just starting to wonder why i hadnt seen the post come through thinking there maybe wouldnt be one and i had assumed wrong, Then I saw my notifications were off and it had been there without seeing it! Patience paid off with careful deliberation yet again it would seem. My G-porterii is still a juvenile, but a female for sure after its last molt, but otherwise definitely looks the same species in the picture with only a few gaining silver/rose colored hairs to a vast extent! They are a great long living species for either gender that's also quite a random, lucky coincidence you were able to aquire there so congratulations! That Luke's like some Brazilian redhead adults I've seen slightly too I agree, but usually the colors are more intense where that (if is the brazilian redhead) seems to be more dull then usuall. The tank is a hefty setup for sure for that species, so I wouldn't be suprised if it picked a place to stand most of the time to stand fast. Besides that I'm not going to clown around with any misguided opinions not wanting anything to be inaccurate! I will say though from the research I've done that biologically the grammostola rose hairs do have different color forms, and G-porterii is one of them. And much like the trinidad olive and (Gold color form) I've read reports claiming they can come from the same eggsac being about the same biologically, and scientifically they believe they are all the same besides certain genomes that cause shifts in color that typically pairing with others of the same colors will make it be like we know it as having all the young come out that way as a particular species. Dogs are very similar with breeding new domesticated species wich came to mind with the "mutt" comment lol. But that in itself says it all for show dogs. Bred for looks, easily trained and controlled, and otherwise made week for anything besides being used for whatever intended purpose they had specifically. Lol you throw a pure bred pooch to the elements without a groomer, food dish, and comfy pillow living conditions with people to clean up after them, feed and care for them, and a wolf hybrid might not even consider it worthy enough to try to eat lol! A ****zue may win best in show looking good on a can of pet food, but in the wilderness probably won't stand a chance on its own for long! Yet another reason I love analysing the arachnids with how interesting their evolutionary factors specialize them to every enviroment besides the artic wich is kind of a given really. But as far as ancient evolutionary heightened creatures that have not only survived the ages not having to change much in all that time they are some at the top of the list that also happen to play a pinnacle role in the giant biological machine that is our world. Very happy to catch this thread post!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arachnoscholar, post: 148131, member: 28900"] Lol I was just starting to wonder why i hadnt seen the post come through thinking there maybe wouldnt be one and i had assumed wrong, Then I saw my notifications were off and it had been there without seeing it! Patience paid off with careful deliberation yet again it would seem. My G-porterii is still a juvenile, but a female for sure after its last molt, but otherwise definitely looks the same species in the picture with only a few gaining silver/rose colored hairs to a vast extent! They are a great long living species for either gender that's also quite a random, lucky coincidence you were able to aquire there so congratulations! That Luke's like some Brazilian redhead adults I've seen slightly too I agree, but usually the colors are more intense where that (if is the brazilian redhead) seems to be more dull then usuall. The tank is a hefty setup for sure for that species, so I wouldn't be suprised if it picked a place to stand most of the time to stand fast. Besides that I'm not going to clown around with any misguided opinions not wanting anything to be inaccurate! I will say though from the research I've done that biologically the grammostola rose hairs do have different color forms, and G-porterii is one of them. And much like the trinidad olive and (Gold color form) I've read reports claiming they can come from the same eggsac being about the same biologically, and scientifically they believe they are all the same besides certain genomes that cause shifts in color that typically pairing with others of the same colors will make it be like we know it as having all the young come out that way as a particular species. Dogs are very similar with breeding new domesticated species wich came to mind with the "mutt" comment lol. But that in itself says it all for show dogs. Bred for looks, easily trained and controlled, and otherwise made week for anything besides being used for whatever intended purpose they had specifically. Lol you throw a pure bred pooch to the elements without a groomer, food dish, and comfy pillow living conditions with people to clean up after them, feed and care for them, and a wolf hybrid might not even consider it worthy enough to try to eat lol! A ****zue may win best in show looking good on a can of pet food, but in the wilderness probably won't stand a chance on its own for long! Yet another reason I love analysing the arachnids with how interesting their evolutionary factors specialize them to every enviroment besides the artic wich is kind of a given really. But as far as ancient evolutionary heightened creatures that have not only survived the ages not having to change much in all that time they are some at the top of the list that also happen to play a pinnacle role in the giant biological machine that is our world. Very happy to catch this thread post! [/QUOTE]
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