I was at a local pet shop this weekend & there was an advert for Tarantula's for sale. One of whch was a King Baboon, I've just been on Youtube & watched a few videos of them because I knew they're aggressive. I thought the guy in this clip was stressing the spider a bit,

YouTube - King Baboon tarantula #2

I may be wrong as I haven't got much experience with spiders.........& BTW, I'm not thinking of buying the Bab!..........Although it did seem quite cheap.

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yeah, the spider clearly isnt happy with him poking it about,
i find watching my spiders build burrows and catching food more entertaining then seeing how aggressive it is.
I feel sorry for spiders that are poked about like that

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Yeah i think i've seen that before. Maybe he was slightly stressing it, but to be fair on the guy, he does sound like he knows how to look after his t's.

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they are never happy by nature, but that certainly isnt going to help the situation.

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It just seemed like the spider just wanted to get back into its hole, took a while to annoy it.

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i love kings, an adult female was the first spider i ever pinned and sexed... awsome animals but very very intollertant, only word i can think of to explain them... not aggressive not skitty just not very tollerant of people...
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I'm just a bit concerned how responsible the seller might be, his ad was included other tarantula's, I think one of them was a Costa Rican Stripe (?)............Each spider came with a tank as well, when I saw he was selling a King Baboon I thought it was an aggresive spider.........Hope he/she sells them to someone who knows how to keep them.

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That spider is clearly scared as hell. Not really defending itself, just wants to get back in it's hole where it feels safe. The way he's poking that is a surefire way to kill it.

that guy is a tit. he keeps saying "she doesnt want to come out" but then is pulling her out with a stick...bright spark.
and yeah, that doesnt look too good for the poor T the way hes pulling at it.

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99% of people with spiders on youtube is people pulling them about which is why i don't watch them.

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