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Originally Posted by DragonsEye
Desi, the reason many hobbyists will keep a tiny sling in a vial is mainly for their convenience. It is simply easier to keep track of the sling, make sure if its prey has been eat or not, and to better note when it may be going to molt.
Yes, A. versicolor is beautiful. HOWEVER, just so you're aware, the individual you linked to is a young juvenile. It WILL NOT have that same coloration upon maturity. As a late juvenile/adult it will look like this:
It is pretty much the norm that sling coloration looks nothing like that of the adult. As another example, the sling Kel posted above will look completely different as an adult. (Is that A. minatrix, Kel?)
So when looking at Ts, make sure you find photos of the adult stage. Particularly if you should get lucky and get a female, you'll be looking at the adult colors for a looong time.
Also, you should note that there are a few species that display a marked color dimorphism between ADULT males and females (slings on the other hand will look the same). For your edification I present the link to the following picture (not mine).
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6858/mvc014sef5.jpg
Which of the two would you like? Both are the exact same species (Pamphobeteus nigricolor ). The colorful one is the male and now that he has his colorful "big boy" fancy pants on, he will be dead of old age in a year or less. The boring brown one is the female. She'd be around for a long time.
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The Male is BEAUTIFUL! and so big compared to the female.. I'd prefer the male, why is it the males dont last long, compared to females, is it because females are internally stronger then males because of giving birth? Or is that just how it is..
also I didn't know that T's can basically take off they're own leg if its injured, and when they molt another one appears? Thats the smartest & most clever thing, I didn't know they were that intelligent.. Not saying they're dumb
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