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Today I read an article about tarantulas. There was a bit where it talked about a pet tarantula which was kept in an aquarium with multicoloured gravel in the bottom, and the spider, apparently not having anything better to do, spent a few weeks meticulously sorting the gravel into piles by colour. In other words, not only are tarantulas big, hairy, ugly, and have colour vision, they are smart enough to get bored. This worries me deeply.

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	stargazer_dream 2004-09-27 21:26 (link)
	ocd tarantula! :D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	manhattan 2004-09-27 21:29 (link)
	I <3 the pinktoed ones. Ballerina tarantula! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ldymusyc 2004-09-27 22:11 (link)
	Great, something else to worry about! (Reply to this)

	silent_sybil 2004-09-27 22:17 (link)
	This suggests that someone should invent a line of tarantula toys. Either that, or people should stop keeping them in cages... (Reply to this)

	lemone 2004-09-27 22:18 (link)
	Instead of scaring me, that makes me want a pet tarantula. I'd name him Buggy. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	transdecimal 2004-09-28 07:05 (link)
	I want a Tarantula too. I shall call him Squishy and he shall be my Squishy... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sim_james 2004-09-28 01:09 (link)
	So cute! <3 the spider loving! (Reply to this)

	siliconshaman 2004-09-28 01:37 (link)
	Okayyyy, now that's scary.... Now we know what the B5 Shadow creatures evolved from. [/geek] (Reply to this) (Thread)

	le_canard 2004-09-28 02:41 (link)
	I was thinking the very same thing XD (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	judas_river 2004-09-28 10:02 (link)
	Heh, me too ;) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tviokh 2004-09-28 09:11 (link)
	That makes me want to get some multi-colored gravel, put it in a dish, and give it to my Mr. Tingles. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ficangel 2004-09-28 11:40 (link)
	You named a spider Mr. Tingles? blinks That's both strange and kind of beautiful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tviokh 2004-09-28 17:21 (link)
	Yep, her name is Mr. Tingles. It should be Ms. Tingles, but I liked the sound of Mr. better. Tingles comes from the "tingling" effect her urticating hairs (she's a rosehair). She's quite pretty. At least, I think she is. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	spyderqueen 2004-09-28 09:33 (link)
	Stuff like this is why I'm an arachnophile (Reply to this)

	ficangel 2004-09-28 11:41 (link)
	Rather than scaring me, this is making me want to get another tarantula (mine got out once. The 'rents held a rather dim view towards pets with more than four legs after that). (Reply to this)

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