Coolio's Entire Tarantula Collection!

[CoolioTiffany]

Very cool T's. I actually got to hold one for the first time at a reptile show a few months ago.

I've always wanted to, but I understand you don't just go up to one and pick it up as if it were a puppy. This girl had one out, don't even remember what it was, but I asked her and she let it climb on me.

She did warn me that they freak people out, so I gripped my wrist with the other hand to make sure I didn't freak and flinch. It was hands down the coolest thing I've ever done, it felt like q-tips touching me!

I got to let it walk from hand to hand a few times, then I gave it back. I've often thought about owning one, but since I am highly allergic to bee stings, I'm very much afraid I'd have a bad reaction to a T bite.

Gale

Sounds like you had an awesome experience!!

Yeah it might best be to wait on that, I'm not exactly sure how bad a reaction can get if you were bit by a New World T and were more allergic to the venom. NW T's venom is not very potent, symptoms normally involve swelling in the area, numbness, redness in the area, tingling feeling, and that's all the symptoms I know of as far as NW T's go.

Old World T's are definitely the ones you'd rather not get bit by because the symptoms are worse as the venom is much more potent. Though, there have never been any recorded deaths from tarantulas.