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Tarantula bits #2

  Tarantulas are one of the cleanest animals out there. In fact I only half joke when I call em' "8-legged cats". They behave very much like cats. From persnickety bathroom habits, to fastidious feeding habits, to grooming.  Yep, they groom...and they can spend hours doing it. (Of course with eight legs, this stands to…

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Tarantula Keeper’s Journal Entry 2 : Random Observations

Sometimes there is too much information absorbed too quickly. For instance, in my reading of "sling care", I interpreted my Grammostola pulchripes [the Chaco Golden Leg's real name] behavior as "pre-molt" (what they do before shedding the old exoskeleton). Instead, it uses the bark hide and burrows below it normally. Badass hunter, probably 2nd only…