heya, i know nothing about spiders, but im watching arachnophobia on bbc1, just wondered if anyone knew the type of spider/spiders on there. plus what type of spider would you reccomend as a first spider to a person shit scared of spiders lol

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mate I was just watching that its pretty funny I saw a couple of tarantulas some oversized tarantulas what appeared to be some wido type spiders and some other totally harmless ones.

Best type of tarantula to get IMO is a red colour form G.rosea

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even listening to you saying its name freaked me out, probably better to stay away form arachnids eh?!?!!?

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A dead one.

I have one if you are interested, £50 ono.....

lol, well i was pretty uneasy with tarantulas when i started with them, you have to start somewhere, there isnt much thats more adorable than a fuzzy chile rose! (G rosea)
You literally only havew to drop a cricket in every so often..tahts as much interaction that the spider needs.
Just dont push yourself, let your body adjust and youl get more than comfortable with your T and trust me, thats when you find yourself wanting mre.
They really are cute!!! lol

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BNHM might be interested in the dead, if its been frozen..
I have about 4 adults from various different incidents that reside in my freezer atm..
An escaped AFC crawshayi
Selenocosmia 'sumatra'
2x AF T apophysis.
The reaason iv kept these is taht they are good specimens and they have all died in transit to me, one mid molt and regenerating missing leg.
The other unfortunately got a fungal infection over the booklungs and died due to that which is a real shame

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