general grievous Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 You wanna see the size of my pyth... No maybe not, sorry everyone. GG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 What's so dangerous about that blue spider? Are those blue gloves fang proof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 What's so dangerous about that blue spider? This is a very fast, sometimes aggressive tarantula that has strong venom There has never been a recorded human death from its bite. However, P. metallica's bite is considered medically significant, with venom that may cause intense pain, judging from the experience of keepers bitten by other spiders from the genus.The vast majority are "dry bites," where no venom is injected into the handler. The mechanical effects of the bite can still be worrisome, as an adults fangs can reach nearly 3/4 of an inch in length. P. metallica can move rapidly and may defend itself when cornered. Venom may produce a heart-rate increase followed by sweating, headache, stinging, cramping, or swelling. Effects can last for up to a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Kyska is the big spider a Goliath Tarantula? Would not like that dropping it's fangs in. What makes the metallic spider so dangerous, the type of venin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 A thousand kinds of F that! I'm okay with most things, kept snakes etc over the years but I have a strict eyes to legs ratio and they are in serious breach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 A thousand kinds of F that! I'm okay with most things, kept snakes etc over the years but I have a strict eyes to legs ratio and they are in serious breach :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Is the unit at Nottinham University Hospital. I visited that about 40 years ago and it was amazing then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxphil Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Interesting fact all the spiders in the world have enough venom to kill the human race 10 times over so make friends with spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Just sent the picture to my fiance; if you listen carefully, you may hear the scream! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esca Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Thanks kyska probably never happen but still nice. Quick sheep question aw lambs at the weekend very small wearing plastic coats? Just to keep warm and dry? Might be obvious but never seen it before We use the plastic coats on any lambs that are a bit on the weak side when born. It is mainly to keep the weather off there backs. After a few day they are removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Are you wearing shorts so you can see them climbing up your leg before they can get near the family jewels? On the lambs in coats thing you often see some round these parts of Shropshire wearing them when it's really bleak and there's a dairy farm where I shoot who has calves in outdoor pens that wear rugs for a few weeks, he says it improves growth rates quite a lot in the early days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted April 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) Kyska is the big spider a Goliath Tarantula? Would not like that dropping it's fangs in. What makes the metallic spider so dangerous, the type of venin. Hi Figgy, its a salmon bird-eater. The tree spiders are more dangerous as as said by someone else they are VERY fast and aggressive, but more importantly they don't have the ability to flick their abdominal hairs like most new world tarantula can, so their first line of defence is to bite What's so dangerous about that blue spider? Are those blue gloves fang proof as above, and no just disposable nitrile gloves. Edited April 26, 2017 by kyska Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Thanks for answers on the lambs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondoggy Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Crikey... Corn snakes Royal pythons Woma pythons (endangered) Milk snakes Bearded dragons Red iguana Leopard gecko Yemen chameleon Berber skink Cane toads Collared lizards Blue tongue skink Moroccan uromastyx Northern chuckwalla Death head cockroach Spiders Preying mantis Giant millipede African land snails Madagascan day gecko Whites tree frog Poison dart frog Jungle scorpion Emperor scorpion (endangered) And so on, that's just the reptile room. If you're ever in Notts PM me, open unit, we love visitors. Milk Snakes? What flavours do they come in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Always been fascinated but wary of spiders since serving my apprenticeship climbing round in warm dark places they get huge and scary looking. Have kept all sorts of reptiles and other animals but was warned off spiders. Mainly due to getting bit then squash no more spider, aparrently the little **** can be friendly then drop their fangs into for no reason or rub the hairs off and irritate the hell out of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) Milk Snakes? What flavours do they come in? :lol: Edited April 26, 2017 by TaxiDriver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) When I was a kid my mum's cousin used to work at Ffyfe's Banana warehouse somewhere in North London. They would get all sorts of horrible things coming out of the containers when they unpacked them. He used to bring those disgusting great spiders home to show us. I was terrified of them and still hate them now. Edited April 26, 2017 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted April 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 When I was a kid my mum's cousin used to work at Ffyfe's Banana warehouse somewhere in North London. They would get all sorts of horrible things coming out of the containers when they unpacked them. He used to bring those disgusting great spiders home to show us. I was terrified of them and still hate them now. I hope they were dead, Brazilian wandering spiders, or banana spiders are not a spider to get a bite from........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 not for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 I hope they were dead, Brazilian wandering spiders, or banana spiders are not a spider to get a bite from........ No the were very much alive, and he didn't know what they were either. I suspect he was using them to show off to people down at the British Legion where he spent most of his evenings. That would have been in character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx4cabbie Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Kill. Them. With. Fire. Or bring them near me, I'll scream like a rudely deflowered virgin, melt into a puddle of goo and you can drown them in that. 'Orrible things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 so a tarantula can run very quickly like most spiders ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted April 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 so a tarantula can run very quickly like most spiders ? When they want/need to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord v Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Another reptile man! Had royals, boas, madagascan hognose (psycho, but so much fun), Fox snake, and western hognose. Only have the western still. Awesome little things. Had an aphonopelma for a while, but spiders never really did it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Hog nose are great at playing dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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