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Round 3
My Scorpions & Vinegaroons




Hadrurus spadix (adult female) North America, Texas




Heterometrus scaber / Asian Emperor Scorpion (adult male) Asia, Thailand


Hottentotta jayakari jayakari (juvenile / unsexed) Arabia




Parabuthus liosoma / Southern Fat Tail (adult female) Africa




Thelyphonus spec. / Asian Vinegaroon (juvenile / unsexed) Asia

[peepclaymore]

@ birdeater is the]Segestria bavarica only native to the the Great Britain and southern Europe area? [/color]

Edited by peepclaymore, 14 April 2012 - 06:16 AM.

[Glory in the Highest]

The_Birdeater, on 14 April 2012 - 04:40 AM, said:

Spiders spiders

Now I understand why your callsign is The Birdeater.

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peepclaymore, on 14 April 2012 - 06:15 AM, said:

@ birdeater is the]Segestria bavarica only native to the the Great Britain and southern Europe area? [/color]

Here u can see the distribution area of Segestria bavarica. It's in german, sry. In my local area (north rhine westphalia, germany), Segestria bavarica is very rare. I have found it in the winter in my stairwell. At first I thought it would be a juvenile common house spider (Tegenaria atrica). S. bavarica likes it warm and would probably spend the winter there. It was more dead than alive, but i've nursed it back.

Here some more pics of mine. It bulids nice cobweb tubes!

Edited by The_Birdeater, 14 April 2012 - 07:23 AM.

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Glory, on 14 April 2012 - 07:16 AM, said:

Now I understand why your callsign is The Birdeater.

Yeah, and now u know why i wanna pilot a ZPH-1A Tarantula as a personal totem mech!

Ok ... Round 4
My Insects and Centipedes






Phyllium philippinicum / Philippinean walking leaf (subadult female)




Princisia vanwaerebeki /Madagascar giant hissing cockroach (adult male)






Scolopendra subspinipes / Chinese giant centipede (adult / unsexed)

Edited by The_Birdeater, 14 April 2012 - 07:53 AM.

[A6PackofToucans]

Hi pursang,

Yea, Buddy is what they call a "Blue mutation" of the Indian Ringneck Parrot. The blues were first discovered in the wild in the 1950's, in India and are pretty common today because of breeding. His feathers are indeed very tightly packed, when he has all his feathers in order it does look like his plumage is painted on, they are very sleek and fast fliers. Their tails are as long as their body so Buddy is easily over a foot long head to tail. He's the most gentle bird, second only to my Budgie. Every morning when I get up he comes out of his cage and wants rubbed behind his neck, and under his wings and gives kisses. In the mid 1980's I caught a Peach Faced Lovebird flying around my home, she was the meanest bird I ever encountered and stayed so until she died from liver failure 10 years later, before I got Budgie. So I know what it's like when they can draw blood at will, Cheeper was a very mean bird for a "lovebird"


Birdeater, as a kid I would have loved to stop over at your house, you got all the pets I wanted back then, but my parents just wouldn't let me keep Heck I'd love to see your setup as an adult, that's a pretty neat collection you have there, and I bet they all keep you busy!!

So what's the largest tarantula you have currently? How long is he/she with full legspan?
And how big will the giant centipede actually grow to?

My parent's never let me get that Mexican Red Haired Trantula I wanted as a kid, so I caught this little guy below and happily fed him flies all summer: Problem was I found out Herby was a she and had laid about 100 eggs or so, after she folded up a leaf and created a nest for them so I carefully let her go with her little ones after they hatched in a safe place near the house in the fall. For those not familiar, this little guy is only about an inch long, and they really don't make any webs, but they are pretty smart and I've watched them track down a fly and actually catch them in mid air as they leap after the fly on a single web thread. Pretty neat little buggers.

I'm not that little kid anymore, but when I find one of these guys I do keep them in a large jar and like to give them flies in the summer, always letting them go before Fall, they get pretty fat by then!! How could anyone deny a face like that?

Edited by A6PackofToucans, 14 April 2012 - 09:08 AM.

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Round 5
My Reptiles

This is my beloved "Lord Dark Helmet" (Space Balls movie ). He is a male, 6 years old Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus). A german offspring breed that comes from the cologne zoo.









This is "Ivan". He is a European Giant Legless Lizard (Ophisaurus apodus). Very rare and very expensive, but they're nice and interesting reptiles. They can grow to 1,20 meters and live for more than 50 years.

Edited by The_Birdeater, 14 April 2012 - 03:22 PM.

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Hey "A6PackoToucans",

Thx for your comment. Your lil spider guy is a female jumping spider spec. and its behavior is normal. Don't worry. They're day active predators and they don't build any cobs!

To your question: A.t.m. my biggest Tarantula is my female, wild cought King Baboon Tarantula (Citharischius crawshayi). It is a monster of a spider. Very untamed and aggressive. It kills mices or young rats without any problems. It lives in deep burrows. I see it two or three times in a year, but i can hear its loud hisses if i come to close to its burrow. The King Baboon Tarantula is Africas biggest spider, but my young Black Brazilian Giant Birdeater (Lasiodora parahybana) can grow up bigger than the King Baboon. The biggest Tarantula on earth is the Goliath Birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) from brazil. Ugly but BIG!

[Jetset Quasar]

Glory, on 13 April 2012 - 08:14 PM, said:

There are too many dogs here! Gotta do something about that. (OK no really they are all adorable.)

I have 9 cats, 2 dogs and 2 horses. And no kidding. Here are 2 of the aforementioned 13.

hey i have a couple of horses theyre quarter horses though i have a red one i call Big Red. and the others name is jennifer she pregnant by red ima have a filly soon

oh and smoke jaguar eh? im Clan Coyote you play MW4W?

Edited by Dawn Treader, 14 April 2012 - 09:41 AM.

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Final Round!
Our Mammals

Our cats Sydney (5 years) and Murphy (2 years). I have thousands of pictures. These ones are a bit older. Murphy is already full grown.




Our rabbits Thor (hanging ears) and Loki (black / normal ears). Both are 6 years old.




Ok that's it!
Don't ask how much time and money i spend every month, cause the answer is simple ...

ENOUGH !

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A6PackofToucans, on 14 April 2012 - 09:00 AM, said:

And how big will the giant centipede actually grow to?

Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani can grow up to 20cm. It's one of the biggest asian giant centipedes, but some south american species grow up much bigger. Scolopendra gigantea or Scolopendra galapagoensis can grow up to more than 30cm. They can easily overwhelm small mammals like mice and bats or small anoli lizards and young snakes. They even kill and eat big Tarantulas. Giant centipesdes are very fast, nervous and very aggressive. Their venom is very strong and effective.

[Jetset Quasar]

way too many animals birdeater lol

Edited by Dawn Treader, 14 April 2012 - 04:11 PM.

[pursang]

Birdeater, I don't know if you're crazy, an octopus, or both. You probably have more animals then many zoos.

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pursang, on 14 April 2012 - 10:16 PM, said:

Birdeater, I don't know if you're crazy, an octopus, or both.

Neither! Yeah, and they have a much better live then in many zoos!

[MarauderDeuce]

Birdeater should be renamed Zookeeper!

We've 2 dogs, 4 cats.
Let's see what I can find already online...

Was meant to be the wife's 'cuddle cat' - but she adopted out daughter and youngest son instead - Maya.


The new 'cuddle cat' - Jasper the Rag Doll kitten.


My girl - Cleo


I can't lay my hands on photos of any of the others right now.

[Gun Bear]

The_Birdeater, on 14 April 2012 - 03:59 AM, said:

Enough cute things! Arachnophobic people shouldn't look at that.
*lots of spiders later*

I bet you pilot quads.

I have a blond Beagle named Baby and a white Cat named Popcorn (I didn't name them)

Edited by Gun Bear, 15 April 2012 - 10:11 AM.

[Joe Lork]

lol. birdeater whats up with the second pic. of ur cats its hilarious, i think murphy is thinking the same ,{what you doing back there ...lol}

[A6PackofToucans]

LOL, Joe's right, I didn't notice that before. What's up with those crazy cats?

They look like this, in bananna form.

[Magnificent Bastard]

My cat is awesome.

[Dankh]

I don't have pets per se. However I do have a collection of wild birds that I feed (some by hand)

King Parrot Male


King Parrot female


Rosellas


Hand feeding the make King Parrot


2 pairs of Rainbow Lorikeet that passed though a few months ago