Cuteness Thread

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I want a tarantula ;___;
But I feel with my luck, he'd die even if I gave him all the proper habitat systems and food preferences...

They are actually pretty self-reliant. You just give them cockroaches (they eat some type of variant of a cockroach I believe - not sure) and then leave them alone. Honestly, it's recommended that you don't even hold them because they can get frightened and try to run straight off your hand - which can be fatal. Hell, their boxes are only allowed to be so high because they have a tendency to fall and anything over like 3 inches can cause them to be seriously injured.

And then there is the danger of them actually being killed by the prey you give them if they are in the process of shedding their exoskeleton (I forget what the process is called. Basically they shed their exoskeleton and grow a new one that is big enough for their bodies to fit in). The best thing about tarantulas is that they basically don't spin webs so you have everything that is great about spiders without the creepiness. They are quite fascinating animals. I would totally want one too.