Wanna see Goliath?

[Leo-Land]

This guy is huge! Me and 2 other friends chipped in to get this guy and his cage. He stays at my friend's house because I would never be allowed to have a spider of this size. Here is a pic of Goliath eating a toad my pal found outside.

http://www.leo-land.net/goliath.jpg

[doenoe]

Oh wow, he/she looks awesome. And he is huge indeed. Good luck with him/her

[ballpython5000]

how much was it?

[Leo-Land]

Well, we haggled the lady down to $40 for him. Although I did see even smaller goliaths for over $100. So I guess we got a deal. All together with the cage and everything plus the spider it was about $105. I paid for about $20 worth. I had to spend the rest of my money on my little uromastyx!

[snakemann87]

DANG that is sweet. Arent you worried about feeding a wild toad? That would be sweet to watch it eat though, great spider.

[Blackwidow69]

:cool: Nice pic,, cool biz on the goliath.. I dont know about feeding toads as you do know they have a poison glads and im not sure what kind of effects that will have on a T.. Heres a pic of a friend of my daughter with a goliath its dead but i dont know if thats just a pic or what, just to show you size...i had a female that was over 12 inches befour she passed away..

[Leo-Land]

Wow! That thing is HUGE! I cannot wait for ours to get that big!

[snakemann87]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!! Taking a hit by a small tuarantula hurts i cant even imagine how agonizing it would be to get bit by that thing. Its fangs are probably HUGE!

[Beejay]

Wow...I had no idea they got so big. That freaks me out!

Nice pictures though.

Bj

[ballpython5000]

sweet!!! if i wasnt freaked out by spiders i would want one. i love scorps but have an issue with most spiders.

[Feed'em All]

That's kinda HUGE! if you place that spider on your chest and dress with red and blue clothes...you are spiderman!!

[OttawaChris]

The fangs get an inch long and they can weigh in as much as a quarter of a pound...thats a lot of spider!

I have a happy couple here that I hope to get some babies from in the very near future :) Lets just hope big bertha doesnt have lunch out of her new boyfriend bubba!

[Blackwidow69]

:cool: Hehehehe , heres a real good one for yaz.. well first off alot of people didnt belive me but i had several people from another T site i belonged to come and stay here and document that they were indeed a pair.. Now this is the deal.. awhile back i had 2 goliaths that i had put together for breeding and they lived together for more than 6mos.. Now the female never tried to hurt the male and he never tried to hurt her,, they lived like they was a true pair..and all T addicts know Ts just dont live together like that, goliaths espcialy!! Now they ate together with no prob, they would each take turns drinking and would share the same house and take turns hanging out , was really wierd and when they were out and about they would touch each other and just go seperate ways like it was nothing... He tried several times to mate with her but he had one deformed pedapalp and one deformed leg.. was like she just enjoyed his company... When he finally passed away she went to where he was and just stayed there like she was mornin him or something.. We took him out and looked him over very carefuly to check and make sure she had nothing to do with him dieing and sure enough no damage to him not one fang hole or anything... After we removed him she stayed in that corner for a few weeks and i finaly moved her to a new home..She finaly passed away a few months after that.. I really think it was from being alone.. Who knows as all i know is this was a first and i had them....
And here they are a few days befour his death.. as you can see nither one is in a threat pose and they would touch legs and then just walk passed each other..I miss um bad... Cruzz & Lizzy

[paolo_28]

Very nice pic's!

Paolo

[OttawaChris]

That would have been a good story for Ripleys :) too bad you didnt think of it then!

[nuno]

Nice pics:D

[Blackwidow69]

:cool: OttawaChris, funny thing is ,, its all true and i never did want publicity so thats why i never went to far with it and at the time i was and still am going thru some heavy stuff with my daughter and her brain tumor... :(

[sparkon16]

Wholly monkeys some of those guys are massive.I love how they freak people out when they are that size,

[XxRachxX]

now im not really a spider person(just your average english spiders) , but im not too bad with the huge and hairy kind! which i think is pretty weird!
blackwidow: i nearly cried when i heard your story! thats so sad! it was true spidery love:'(