Tarantulas: The Delicate Cannibal

Looking through Amazon once again, I would love to have these pictures on the side of my room. I like the fiery red tarantula picture much better; I would only use one picture along with other different small decor with it so it wouldn't look weird putting a tarantula on your wall. They're both around $280 with free shipping, any kind of size. Here are links (they might expire anytime) if anyone wants to get more details. https://www.amazon.com/Rosenberry-Rooms-Canvas-Wall-Prints/dp/B07HJBWYK1/ref=sr_1_21?keywords=tarantula&qid=1552752355&refinements=p_36%3A1253527011&rnid=386465011&s=home-garden&sr=1-21 https://www.amazon.com/Rosenberry-Rooms-Canvas-Wall-Prints/dp/B07G6QJLYQ/ref=sr_1_24?keywords=tarantula&qid=1552752355&refinements=p_36%3A1253527011&rnid=386465011&s=home-garden&sr=1-24

I can't believe Spider man is finally having a comeback! I've always loved this super hero ever since I was a kid and this movie really did bring Peter Parker back to life. I haven't seen it yet because I'm waiting for it to come out on TV (I'm cheap). But I've seen so many scenes of it and the characters, the animation, the plot, etc was so amazing. I'm glad they did a great job on it; the hype was worth the hype. This, to me , is a step for spiders and human culture/media to come together and I hope people will love spiders more. I think toys and movies of spiders can get rid of arachnophobia slightly because of how people would be more familiar with the spider species. 

Watch a video on a beginner tarantula on how they molt within a time lapse of 30 seconds. You can see the "leg holes" at 0:13. Even though this is a slow and agonizing process for the tarantula, it is only squirming after the molt to get back up on it's feet not because it was dying a slow death or anything. It's kinda funny how when they get up they just stay really still like it's traumatized from molting and that it looks like they're like: "wait what just happened?" Howbeit, they have animal instincts they knew it was going to happen sometime. What a fast video and great music, right? Classy. This was in my presentation to the panelists I was talking about before, they sure loved the music but they were creeped out because of how big it was on the white board! 😅

I've started learning German for the past few months and have finally gotten to the word spider! In German it's spelled spinne and it's pronounced kinda like sh-pin-a. In plural, it's spinnen. I decided to learn German because of how they pronounce certain words in a way I can't particularly describe yet. Also, I had just found out a few days ago that I'm 42% German! What a coincidence. And that I have a GERMAN Sheppard. Double coincidence! Out of curiosity, I looked up on google translate on how to say tarantula and it was tarantel! Not much different to tarantula. It might be wrong cause it's Google Translate after all. I may even post in German from time to time once I'm advanced in the language.

A female Wolf spider taking care of her young on her back, looking for prey outside the burrow.  All tarantulas don't care for their young when the spiderlings gain independence when leaving the egg sac. Heck, even when the spiderlings are still inside the nest, the mother steps on them on accident. Tarantulas and most spiders are one of those animals who don't have the compassion to teach their children how to survive the real world. Spiders are solitary creatures and that even the most social groups of spider only guards the egg sacs for around one or two months. This is very harsh for the newborn spiders because they were basically left on their own since their birth and that their survival is extremely low that there might be a few that survive in the wild out of hundreds of siblings. Fathers, on the other hand are dead beat dads who say they're coming back from the store in a few hours. Spider fathers are not "compassionate" either. They either ran away

So again with the roasting... LOOK AT THIS CURTAIN. Why would I want to see this through my window? This is awfully too much going on. Curtains should be basic not Google Images turned into curtains like this. But again, extreme hardcore tarantula lover might like this, it's just over the top for me, I don't know about you. The only thing I like is the curtain rod because the leaves are simple and elegant. Like can I please buy the curtain rod instead? I bet making tarantula products for anything can be done but it has to be done right and has to stay simple but I haven't seen that yet but at the same time, I don't really want to see that no matter how good it is. That's how bizarre these images are, they can't be done like this! There's also other versions (designs) of the product and you can see for yourself, it's a little bit out there. I'm sorry I'm "roasting" but it's just a little too extreme and it KINDA deserves it.

For Christmas, my sister got me a Harry Potter themed Lego set about the one of the first movies in the series. Even though that spider wasn't exactly inspired by tarantulas, I still like it and I completed it in a few hours after I got it. I know I am very late when it comes to publishing this since Christmas was months ago. I have absolutely no idea where to put it still and I want to hide it because I'm an 18 year old with Legos but of course I still appreciate it. It's pretty cool how the abdomen (butt) can rise up in a threatening posture including the eyes, fangs and legs.

A myth among the tarantula pet owner community has been going around on why not to fill the tarantula's water bowl all the way. This has caused so many pet owners and even zoos to use wet sponges, filled with bacteria instead. This is abuse because it can cause fungal issues within the habitat and the tarantulas internal immune system, causing it to die slowly with no clear water in sight. Besides, even when tarantulas are in water, their hairs can protect them by floating but the most dangerous case scenario is for the tarantula to be flipped upside down with its head under water. That is the main reason for why it is dangerous but that is considered rare and it being rare surely is better than bacterial drinking water.

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I was searching for tarantulas with a white background on Google Images and I found this.... Then, I'm wondering WHO WILL EVER GET THIS??? This table looks horrible!! I mean, there are many people who like tarantulas but they wouldn't exactly want to see them while they're eating all the time. I guess It's mainly for people who are extreme at tarantula collections and their whole life is based on them but still, it's so weird. The chairs look okay but it seems it's so out of place because they don't exactly match the theme it's going for. But hey, for all you extremes out there, it's $46.99.

I've been thinking for a while that I should custom order some bracelets that have cheesy jokes on them. This one isn't really funny but I made a few that was related to spiderman but sadly I totally forgot how they went.  I was thinking how I could sell custom bracelets to help get rid of arachnophobia throughout the spider community and to induce arachnophilia instead. I like using green as the theme when it comes to tarantulas, it makes it tropical or dirty looking and I think it fits really well with their personality/habitat. 

Once the spider population in a home is so over grown, not only in basements and dusty corners but in everyday rooms can be overcome with extremely dangerous types of spiders like a huntsman, recluse, tarantula or even black widow can kill. Many don't know how spiders anatomy works especially when it comes to their defenses like venom and how their venom is regained over a certain amount of time. Depending on the genus, a couple of bites could kill and so even though spiders usually aren't aggressive, this could still pose a huge threat particularly when neighboring spiders are close within territories, causing stress. This could mainly cause a threat against weak or vulnerable people like new born babies, elderly, or in dire need of help of an illness. But don't fret, these demonstrations would be considered a rare case because of how unlikely it is to happen since there are many ways on preventing a huge spider infestation in human-active places but nonetheless, be weary

You like my Photoshop? Let's play a little game... guess which number is the closest relative  of the tarantula. Comment down below to answer. Only choose one! Whoever wins gets a.. funny tarantula meme. And yes, I know number 21 looks creepy as hell. Many types of families of the spider (not all types are in here).

Here is my essay on the research of tarantulas. I am still thinking about adding much more to it in the future and once I do, I will post the document again to notify you guys. I have worked on this document for around 2 years and knowing research can't be fully stopped, I am inspired to keep adding on to it and adding much more detail to give a full overview of the spider. I have not gotten into many subtopics of the ones I had already discussed about in the research essay but I am willing to give it a try within months of this year but in the meantime, I will still post on the blog. Please tell me if anyone is having troubles accessing it. I hope you enjoy the "draft" of it so far! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VMqBrmuwpMf-E-szPMdSPIqxUAn3yDxfHqyQgqoZXa8/edit?usp=sharing

I had gotten a completely different book than what I thought I'd get when trying to get a tarantula-related book from Carnegie Library. It's called, "Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History" by Bill Schutt. It's about the statistics and information of zoology of many different animals such as invertebrates and mammals, including insects of course. I have chosen this book, not to look sketchy but because tarantulas are cannibals, it's how they survive as newborns and what they commit after mating/during courtship. I had chosen to look deep into a section of their natural instincts such as cannibalism because that's what spiders are known for. I learned that animals use cannibalism as a survival/hunting strategy. And that there are specific species that use females and their kids as survival by eating them as a tactic of survival along with mating evolution. This is very helpful to comparing other animals so I could get a better view and aspect to the zoo