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Warpy

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8. They're gentle enough to be kept as pets

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 11:13 AM

Jun 2014

although I think that's usually a bad idea for the poor spider.

I'd see them once in a blue moon in Florida, too. They'd just wave their forelegs in greeting and go about their business.

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