The fast old world spiders are my favourite. I hear pokies Are very quick and like to dash up your arm.

Both my scorps are pet holes. The cav comes out for a stroll and climb at night sometimes. Don't think he's up for being handled. Seems very aware of my presence. Pretty mad wee thing lol.

it nearly teleported up my arm a few weeks ago lol

ahaha.. they have a very nasty bite that makes your muscles go tense if i'm right :/
i don't trust myself to get one yet
see now.. all buthids are dwa, yet these are not.. stupid much?

imho pokies are much more dangerous than buthids (if they are kept right). Agreed a sting might be way more serious than a pokie bite, but the fastest buthid is only half as fast as the slowest pokie.

Dont underestimate the climbing. They climb as fast as they run. I'm falling into repetition lol

^that's what i'm getting at.
silly DEFRA i emailed them as to why they feel all buthids should be dwa

Did it give you a fright bex. Imagine a buthid as fast!

Tom I'd get one. They're really nice. You know the script you have to be careful with em. The pokies bite will cause cramps among other things. If it decides to dash and bite then that's gonna happen lol.

Some T's are very fast. The bites are painful but other than that that's all they got. They aren't dangerous so that excludes them from the DWA. Some buthids are and it's easier just ban all of them. That's a lot of scorpions. I however disagree with the DWA laws to an extent. Tigers are very dangerous lol.

Pluto. You could own a king cobra right?

yup.. not a good plan though! was offered a bitis gabonica not too long ago. However, somewhere i still have a brain!These animals are readily available. In contrast too TERRIBLE scorpions, these ARE lethal... A bite is enough to kill you 30 times over..

It did give me a fright yeah lol bit luckily I had all my base covered and the doors were shut before it got anywhere near me got about 3 3rds up the tweezers though... Was fun it's quite placid really on this occasion i think the cricket scared it lol

You can keep em it's just illegal. And highly frowned upon. If someone offered me a P trans...... Could I say no? Temptations lol.

& probably quite easily, if you arein the uk.
but anywhere else, you could never say no

Yups uk.

For some the pros outweigh the cons.

I don't in any way encourage it.

What a beautiful collection of animals and what a beautiful girl!

Thank you