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Podcast: Tom's Big Spiders - Tarantulas and Inverts
Episode: Some Thoughts on Tarantula Euthanization Methods (and Aphonopelma Tips!)
Description: Just to be very clear, this podcast is NOT a comprehensive guide to how to euthanize a sick tarantula (although I am now working on an article about that). This is a bit of a reaction to a recent video in which a keeper used a rather bizarre and controversial method to kill a dying tarantula. After being contacted by several people, many of them disturbed by what they saw, I felt compelled to comment. Also, I go over some tips for those who have recently picked up Aphonopelma slings.*NOTE: After this p...