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TheVez2
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Post subject: Re: Aphonopelma Chalcodes  Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:05 pm |
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HOLY MOLY! That is amazing! Did you get any of those babies?
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Seriously misunderstood creatures, spiders are. It’s the eyes, I reckon. They unnerve some folk.
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Post subject: Re: Aphonopelma Chalcodes Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:37 pm |
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Understand completely. You definitely witnessed something amazing!
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Seriously misunderstood creatures, spiders are. It’s the eyes, I reckon. They unnerve some folk.
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Zach Valois
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Post subject: Re: Aphonopelma Chalcodes Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:57 am |
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Beautiful. Did you watch long enough to see what exactly the offspring did?
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johnlox
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Post subject: Re: Aphonopelma Chalcodes Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:56 pm |
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We went out to check on them on three consecutive nights, and found them basically eliciting the same behavior - hanging around Mom and reacting to her flight movements. Makes me wonder about maternal instincts in general in T's.
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Post subject: Re: Aphonopelma Chalcodes Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:59 pm |
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Great shots and they brought back some good memories. After years of field collecting I decided I was part of the problem and didn't have the stomach for it anymore. The tail end of my Arizona years I spent a lot of time just setting down a light, holding a camera, and sitting or laying down, sometimes for hours. The A. chalcodes amazed me. Sometimes they'd crawl out of their burrow and crawl right onto me. Whip scorpions, which I had only see a few times, were suddenly seen peeking out of nearly every crevice and burrow.
Experiences like that and many more left me wishing I'd left the shovel behind in favor of a lamp, camera, or even just a good pair of eyes years before. There's a lot of great and possibly amazing observations and footage awaiting a person with time and patience.
If I had my life to live over again I'd probably have bought a decent movie camera and caught some of the footage the networks never seem to. Oh well, I guess I saved that for someone else. Maybe you.
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Post subject: Re: Aphonopelma Chalcodes Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:51 pm |
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Hey Darrin, Very touching post. I admire your ability to look at your past behavior honestly and to move forward authentically in the present. I totally understand that feeling you get, where words seem to fail us, when we spend time just observing the natural world around us. I can sit for hours just watching my B.Smithi, even when she isn't moving. It's almost spiritual, if I may be so bold to describe it that way. It's quite existential for me in that I know these things, life, will continue long after I am gone - it's hard to wrap my mind around. Looking at these creatures, I guess, makes me more aware of my own mortality, which I think is a good thing  Thanks again for the great response. Peace, John
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Post subject: Re: Aphonopelma Chalcodes Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 1:47 am |
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Amazing shot and sight!
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Brandon
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