Thats just it really isnt it.
Ds scorps, Mamba snakes balh blah.
the owner makes them dangerous, the spider, nor the venom makes it dngerous. Kinda thinking like a gun, people slate guns as dangerous, BUT a gun is a tool.The wielder is the one thats dangerous, the gun is dangerous at no point. Its not gonna shoot you unless thees someone pressing the trigger.
Same you b a dick around something like this and accidents can happen. ~BUT its the keepers fault.
I dont think they should be banned, but i do think DWA licensing system needs a sproosin up. Seems a bit too easy to aquire these days? well relative to the high demand of people wanting to own em

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Getting atrax over here from Oz is pretty hard apprently without a good reason to have it over here.

what about that forest dwelling funnel web Atrax formidabilis which is ment to be even more lethal than the sydney funnel web

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You could.

As a general rule, if buying the thing means that it has less of a quality of life, is part funding other illegal trade inv animals, like furs or ivory, then I would not want to buy any spider anymore...

My license was very easy to get, on the grand scale of things tbh.

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oh yeah I agree, I definately dont agree with the illegal animal trade be it parts or live animals.

But a Sydney funnel web for example can live in captivity without ever really realising that it is, you could replicate the enviroment pretty well.

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not sure on LD50 or toxicity in comparison, but thats now called Hadronyche formidabilis sory for being a smart arse:P lol
Its the arboreal funnel web isnt it?

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Did someone mention gun..?

I would not want to see a mass and easy sale of guns, the way you see in the US, either.

However, if there is a difference, it is that a gun cannot escape from the house, and maybe hurt or kill a neighbour! Many DWA animals can, and even in the most 'experienced' of hands, errors of judgement will happen on their part, which then make ownership a potential public hazard, imo..

I would never want to see guns as widely available here as they are in the states either, its a recipe for disaster. A dwa snake, would never be able to escape from my hot room, if I was ever careless enough to leave a viv open, which is never going to happen because its too much of a habbit that all vivs get locked, but if it did theres no way out of the room anyway.

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I would be amazed to hear of nearly any DWA animal survivng long enough in the climate, your pointsvalid though, i partly agree but i think the probability of that happening is slim.

IIRC - A scolopendra gigantea was found in a UK home , someone was casually watching tv and heard it behind them, lol what a lucky Fecker lol bet it scared the crap outa him tho.
IMO the license should be issued where the chances are very slim.
BTW S gigantea isnt medically dangerous, though medically significant..no license required

Here it is, lucky bugger handed to BNHM tho
Giant centipede found in the UK - AOL Video

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im not so sure, theres a few europeon vipers that could easily survive.

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