What made you smile/happy today ?

[Ripp3r]

ice water.

 

[gman]

Started packing, ready for the move to England.

 

[Kasparov]

I won a free ticket on a scratch card. It just doesn't get any more exciting than that.

 

[snatch]

got a boss new truck today
low profile but a step up from the war pig

or a step down or off/

 

[Ripp3r]

the heat is gone. nice relaxing night cooled off just right...now to time for a couple peanut butter n jelly sandwiches. woot

 

[zinfandel]

Just ordered a bunch of spiders online. God dang I love the internet. Here's what I'm getting only in teeny tiny baby form:

I'm getting these next (in about a month):

And the Holy Grail of arachnoculture (they will be mine!! Oh yes, they will be mine!!):

 

[Kasparov]

I gotta ask. How much do these things cost? By the looks of them they might be expensive and rare?

 

[zinfandel]

I gotta ask. How much do these things cost? By the looks of them they might be expensive and rare?

The ones I just bought and the ones I'm getting next are cheap as spiderlings....total the ones I've already bought came to about 30 dollars and that should be about the same for the next batch. These are quite common in the pet trade. It's the shipping that gets you: most charge 40 dollars or more for overnight shipping.

The "holy grail" spiders--Harpactira pulchripes (golden blue legged baboon tarantula) and Pamphobeteus ultramarinus (Ecuadorian Birdeater Tarantula) will together set me back 500 dollars or more. So it's going to be quite a while before I own them. I bought my common spiders from http://petcenterusa.net/aboutus.html. This other site is the only place I've found that carries these extremely rare spiders:
http://www.net-bug.net/apps/webstore/products/show/5374337
http://www.net-bug.net/apps/webstore/products/show/4377236

 

[Execution_Style]

Bottle of wine!

 

[Maven]

power is back on after the hellish thunderstorms last night...that shit was scary.

 

[gman]

Just ordered a bunch of spiders online. God dang I love the internet. Here's what I'm getting only in teeny tiny baby form:

I'm getting these next (in about a month):

And the Holy Grail of arachnoculture (they will be mine!! Oh yes, they will be mine!!):

amazing colours. Are the spiderlings that bright, or do they become that bright in adulthood?

 

[zinfandel]

amazing colours. Are the spiderlings that bright, or do they become that bright in adulthood?

The spiderlings usually look something like this when you get them:

And their colors start to really come in when they go from spiderlings to small juveniles. About that time you can start to get somewhat of a guess as to what the gender may be--though nothing is definite until the so-called penultimate molt. The pink fuzzy one that I am getting next month with the green shiny spot (avicularia versicolor--the antilles birdeater) is really neat. They start like this:

and then go to this:

then this:

Then this:

and after the penultimate molt, you get this:

 

[janscutter]

The spiderlings usually look something like this when you get them:

And their colors start to really come in when they go from spiderlings to small juveniles. About that time you can start to get somewhat of a guess as to what the gender may be--though nothing is definite until the so-called penultimate molt. The pink fuzzy one that I am getting next month with the green shiny spot (avicularia versicolor--the antilles birdeater) is really neat. They start like this:

and then go to this:

then this:

Then this:

and after the penultimate molt, you get this:

I would get spiders or snakes but I'm the only one in my fam not afraid of them

 

[zinfandel]

I would get spiders or snakes but I'm the only one in my fam not afraid of them

My mom is terrified of snakes and most of my friends are terrified of the spiders...but at least that means I have more free time!!

 

[Teddyray]

My coworker brought a peahen to work today.

 

[zinfandel]

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My coworker brought a peahen to work today.

I love peafowl!! I wish I could have a few!! She's gorgeous!!

 

[LilyCuster]

The spiderlings usually look something like this when you get them:

And their colors start to really come in when they go from spiderlings to small juveniles. About that time you can start to get somewhat of a guess as to what the gender may be--though nothing is definite until the so-called penultimate molt. The pink fuzzy one that I am getting next month with the green shiny spot (avicularia versicolor--the antilles birdeater) is really neat. They start like this:

and then go to this:

then this:

Then this:

and after the penultimate molt, you get this:

I hope you've got leashes for those things.

 

[Maven]

just looking at those spiders gives me the willies...just too scared of them to even consider one as a "pet". Those are pretty to look at from afar, through a glass case though.

 

[LilyCuster]

just looking at those spiders gives me the willies...just too scared of them to even consider one as a "pet". Those are pretty to look at from afar, through a glass case though.

Inorite? That hair though.

 

[janscutter]

I hope you've got leashes for those things.

Come on LC. You can't walk those on the street. Cops would scatter