Raymond and the OBT...

Now if you pop round to ours, stating prior that Starburst Baboons ought to be posed with for the "Dr Evil" thread....you just know you ain't gonna leave until you've had a go yourself....here's a couple of shots of our Raymond, handling, with a fair degree of aplomb I might add!!!

So now we know what you guys do to get your kicks lol Total nutters but well done Raymond. Not something I'd do at all but it gives you an even better idea of how rich the colour is too.

You're a much braver man than me Raymond......the few of these I've had over the years were all psychos and greased lightning into the bargain !!!
Beautiful baboon there folks ...

Fantastic guys, Raymond you're nuts holding that thing

tony, take it is an usambara ????...how did you ever get it out of it's enclosure ......??

WOW Tony!!!
I'd like to hold an OBT thats NOT a psycho killing machine/track runner LOL
Thumbs up for Raymond too...wow!

Guys, this is one stunningly beautuful tarantula. I may add however, that young Tony was the first one to hold it; I had offered to give him the kiss-of-life if anything went wrong - this ensured that nothing did!!

I'm not going to give you the whole " if Tony put his hand in the fire " speech but the pair of you are crazy

Beautiful is an understatement!!
Seriously well done though!!!

Buddy wrote:tony, take it is an usambara ????...how did you ever get it out of it's enclosure ......??

Hey Buddy, you're correct it is an Usambara....I use an old wooden egg slice as a very appropriate coaxer and shield....present the wooden slice to the front of the spider and very gently touch the rear of the abdomen and I mean real gentle so that he walks forward rather than races forward....once on the spatula, same drill onto your arm...I'm never in any kind of a rush, so this may take a little time....once on your arm they calm down pretty quickly...after all whats the difference to a spider between an arm and a branch? I figure if you don't threaten the animal you should be good....

Having said all that, the White Striped Birdeater we picked up from John a while back is an animal I'd not care to handle....it's as mean as a rattler, rears up, strikes, spits and snarls, flicks hair and all kinds...the Orange Baboon in direct comparison is a pussy cat!!

Anyway you spider gurus, let's see some of you and your spiders either here or adopting ridiculous poses in the Dr Evil thread...

Tony thats weird lol
My white stripe can be a bit of a ***** rearing up and stuff....
But i can still hold him to move him while cleaning !