Scared the crap out me because i have never seen one before, after changing my diaper i went ahead and captured it. i'm taking him to a fish store tomorrow so they can find a home for him.
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Scared the crap out me because i have never seen one before, after changing my diaper i went ahead and captured it. i'm taking him to a fish store tomorrow so they can find a home for him.
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You were surprised by a Tarantula? How long have you lived in OK?
....wasn't he already home?
Ive never seen one, and it freaked me out because i really didnt know if it was deadly or what.Quote:
Originally Posted by PitchBlackC3
I believe he came out of a dead tree i took down today so his home may have gotten destroyed. Either way the people here kill them if they see them and he was heading in the direction to my neighbors yard. I really don't want to ever see him again while im in the woods, mowing, sitting on a rock somewhere enjoying the fresh air or whatever. I was on my land all day today working, we saw a white owl, a deer, a turtle, some huge vultures very close, a bearded dragon lizard, but of everything he was the most excitement of the day without a doubt. Even though much of the excitement was fear and being totally creeped out, I couldn't see killing such a creature that brought so much to my day.Quote:
Originally Posted by DamnYankee
After researching a bit I've found out it is a Oklahoma brown tarantula, makes a very good pet, very docile and not poisonous. it can bite but would be about like a wasp sting. So while letting it go may have been the best option for him, i do know he will have a good well fed life as a pet.
Gotchya...I was kidding anyway lol. You oughta keep it, be a cool little pet.
dime a dozen around here. :)
That thing would have been so dead so fast...
Good God man, there are freakin tarantula's in OK? I'll never go back. J/k of course, never knew they were native to that part of the world tho
They are, they are all over across the river too. You should let it go. They don't survive in captivity and actually migrate. Don't know how far but my mother, who is a biology major, gave me this info.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mang213
A lot of people have them as pets, so im not sure why she would say that. There are also bearded dragons all over the place, saw 2 today. Place is just full of critters everywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by lo-lyf
X3!!! I'm glad we have such cold winters up here to kill off the bugs that big! Too bad the winters kill off the trucks too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frenchy
I know a lot of people have them as pets but I didn't think they had the breed that is native here as pets. Me mum's been wrong before so it wouldn't surprise me if she were wrong about them dying in captivity or migratiing, I just thought it was cool. I'm an extreme arachniphobe so I wouldn't have one as a pet anyway.