I was told by someone that about 1 in 1000 Chile Rose Tara's are aggressive...is this true?

Plus, would this be a good tarantula to handle without it shooting hairs out at me? Do they get scared and shoot their hairs easily?

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I wouldnt like to give a precise statistic like 1/1000 because I truthfully dont know, I cant really see how anyone would be able to get a statistic like that.

In the most part they are very calm and placid, and dont tend to flick hairs unless they are handled too often, they are certainly a good spider to get over your fear being slow moving and placid, I wouldnt recomend holding them very often for the simple fact that they get no enjoyment from it and are easily hurt.

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i used to have one..and it was SUPER aggressive! it was like a cobalt blue in disguise!

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ROCK 'N' ROLL!!!

i have a chile rose and she is lovely i handle her only when she wants to be handle if i feel she seems a little to defencive then i leave her alone i am afraid its all trial and error i havent had Ts before and she is my first and i have had her now for about a month and to be honest i was scared of her at first now im fine as long as i watch her body language

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My way of dealing with my Phobia......................is to keep well away from themmmm...they give me the willies!!!

Im not a spider expert but i certainly share your fear of eight legged monsters!
Just had a Skeleton t delivered, bought for my friend as a present. I had to set up its housing and then remove it from the plastic container it arrived in. Having read about the species it was deemed as an aggressive T. I found it totally the opposite, very slow and calm. Obviously this may have been due to it possibly being disorientated, i dont know.
One thing is for sure, im now starting to become more fascinated by T's, something i thought would never happen

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2.3 Emperors scorpions, 0.0.2 Forest scorpions
0.0.3 Flat rock scorpions,2.6 Scrub Scorpions 1.2 Mexican Blacks,1.2 Western Hoggies, 1.1 Grey banded king's het hypo, 1.1 Albino Ruthvens milk snakes 1.0 Talca scorpion, 0.0.1Chile flame T,1.1 Chile Red T's, 2 Loopy Boxers! 1.1 Jungle carpet Pythons, 0.1Green Bottle T.

im fascinated too...in fact i have more trouble looking at garden spiders than chile's now!!

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lucifus@hotmail.com - feel free to add.

I have an adult chile that I bought as an adult and she has never been aggressive at all. She never flicks or anything.

My red knee, however.....

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