In the nude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catsmine
Did I say that out loud?
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In the nude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catsmine
Did I say that out loud?
We really need a Wrong Thread again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alty
I could get into a pressie, or rather on top ;)
Again, we need a Wrong Thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell
My Haplopelma as requested by Alty...
Sorry to those of you that are squeamish...
Actually, no, I'm not sorry. Get over it.
That's a gorgeous spider.Quote:
Originally Posted by odinn7
Is it the camera, or is she/he blue?
That was her actual color. Haplopelma lividum is also known as a Cobalt Blue. They are Asian (Thailand and Vietnam) and I always wondered why blue? Blue doesn't seem to match the natural color of leaves where they live. Most of the males are brown and smaller but all females are blue... some brighter than this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alty
Odd. In the animal world it's usually the males that are colorful. The females are usually stuck with the dull brown nothing fun outfits.Quote:
Originally Posted by odinn7
Blue is an odd color. She's very very pretty though. I have a feeling you and I are the only ones that will think so. ;)
My female Brachypelma 2 years ago...
She's so fuzzy!Quote:
Originally Posted by odinn7
How was she on the friendly scale?
My son has been wanting a tarantula for a long time. When a few of the other pets pass on, I'd love to get him one, but I'd want one we can hold, not just watch. I already have two fish for watching.
She is still alive, more colorful, but not quite as fuzzy now. She has a life span of 25-30 years so unless something goes wrong, I've got about 20 more years of her.
Brachypelma are nicely tempered. This one is a Brachypelma smithi (Mexican Red Knee) and they seem to be very docile. You would also want to check out the most common and easy to get tarantula which seems to be above and beyond docile... a good "learner" species... Grammostola rosea, or Chilean Rose Hair... often just referred to as a Rose Hair.
I have one of them too but can't seem to find anything newer than when I got her.
She looks a bit bluish too, with purple on top. Very pretty.Quote:
Originally Posted by odinn7
There are only a few pet stores in our area that even carry tarantulas. They're not colorful at all, very bland looking actually. But I've been told they're very docile, easy to handle.
My friend the entomologist did tell me that when I was ready for a tarantula, he'd get me one. Not sure if that's possible though, he's in California, I'm sure there would be a lot of red tape bringing a spider from there, to Canada. But he does go on spider hunts (for the museum) every year, and has no problem bringing those spiders back with him, so it may not be as difficult as I think it will be.
She's not really blue... those hairs are more grey but she had just molted a few days before that so they stand out and reflect differently. Their common color is brown with the rose color on the carapace.
Well she's still pretty.Quote:
Originally Posted by odinn7
So, how many spiders do you have? I'm known as the crazy bunny lady because I have 4 rabbits. I'm thinking you're the crazy spider man. Giggle, you're spiderman. :)
LOL... like I haven't heard that before.
Right now I only have 3.
The Red Knee, the Rose Hair, and a Desert Blonde that I "borrowed" when I went to Arizona in 2006.
Well next time you're in Arizona, borrow me a nice spider. It will give you an excuse to visit. Don't be surprised if you arrive back home with a few fish and a rabbit in your suitcase.Quote:
Originally Posted by odinn7
Where's the vacuum!
I agree! I couldn't handle owning a spider. That would freak me out!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell
Nope, I don't like any creepy crawly type thing. I remember a LONG time ago my dad had this scorpion, and now that I am older thinking it was probably quite illegal, at least in today's standards. I refused to go into the basement until that thing died, and if I remember it was well after I was 12!
Scorpions are legal in most areas. In fact, the majority of scorpions aren't really deadly... they just do that on TV and movies for excitement.
As a side note... the vacuum would not pick up the tarantulas in my pictures... they are too big. Just sayin'...
Living creatures I've sucked up in my vacuum tend to survive and crawl out again.
I have a shop vac just for creatures such as yours :p :p
WG, That's why I dump the contents into a pile, dose it with gas and light it on fire! (lol jk I just flush them down the toilet
My softhearted son has a Mason jar that he uses to scoop up spiders, bugs, carpenter ants, etc, that are crawling around inside our house and carefully rehomes them outdoors. I kill them when he is not looking.
I'm fine with spiders in the house, as long as they confine themselves to areas I'm not using. Like... they can be in the attic. And in those way up corners of the living room I only bother to dust a couple times a year. They can be in the windows. They can live in the basement as long as they're not by the bar or the washing machine.
I don't go out of my way to kill them, but if they get too close, I consider that they committed suicide by Heather.
Spiders are WONderful! I can charge full price to go through a house with a web broom knocking down cobwebs, put out some monitor glueboards (which I do anyway), make people happy and show a nice profit. It almost offsets the price of gasoline.
Glueboards? :( :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Catsmine
My kids will bring me spiders that are injured. Neither one of them has a fear of spiders, or any insects for that matter. It's actually very telling to watch my kids playing with the other kids in the neighborhood. At first the other kids were all terrified of bugs, especially spiders. Then they saw Syd and Jared picking them up, not showing any fear, and now the whole neighborhood of kids doesn't have any problem with bugs at all.
It really is a learned fear, especially if you live in an area were there are no truly poisonous spiders.
Be glad you don't have Brown Recluse or Black Widow spiders... the Brown Recluse has a rather unpleasant venom... as it kills tissue if its not treated soon.
Very true Smoothy. All our critters our harmless, one of the nice things about living in Canada. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by smoothy
I'd rather have a summer...Quote:
Originally Posted by Alty
I can deal with the few poisonous spiders and the three poisonous snakes we have where I live. I really... REALLY hate being cold.
Though I admit... Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in summer were rather pleasant places from a tourists perspective. And I do remember a rather high percentage a very hot females. Though there might have been a local law that banished the ugly ones to the Arctic circle or something.
I have summer. It starts getting warm around March (though it can still snow, but it only lasts a few days). Our summers are actually very warm. In fact, I'm really not happy that our air conditioner broke down. I was boiling today, and it was one of the coldest days we've had this summer.
It doesn't start cooling down until September, and even then it's still warm enough to go out without a coat. We usually get snow in November, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, but November is the average. The snow and cold last until around February, March. January is our coldest month typically.
You'll have to come visit sometime Smoothy, in the summer. You'd die in the winter. ;)
I have a friend that can get me into the Oil fields of North Dakota... I however can't deal with -20F much less the -75F they get. Even for the pay I'd get as an IT guy. And my wife can't deal with 1/2 of what I can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alty
I'm changing the subject.
I'm done with spiders and icky things.
You keep wanting a bathing suit picture... here it is!
How you doing? (picture this with an Italian accent, and a very deep voice). :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Synnen
You're one hot momma. Well, not so hot since you're cooling off in the pool lucky girl!
Well, it's been a while since anyone posted on here... Today I went to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in NYC so I thought I would throw a few pictures up here. I have most of them on my Facebook page but many of you aren't on my FB... so here we go:
A few more...
Ha ha! I had to do a double-take at first to figure out which was one was the living human and which was wax. The human seemed to be the one wearing the same clothes in each photo.
They let you get that close?
Why did you go to NYC on a Monday? No school?
I love them! We do have to talk though.
The staring at the boobs, and the Lady Gaga thing, mister, you're in big trouble! ;)
You can touch them except for their faces.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wondergirl
The One Direction display is leaving on Friday so we had to get there to see it before it was gone.
Oh, you know you're still my number 1... lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Alty
:p
Just fyi, you can touch my face, I'm not nearly as picky as wax figures. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by odinn7
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