Our other tarantula Phineas, a curly hair, passed away a few days ago from old age. Males, after they become mature, live for another year. Ideally, they find a mate and die shortly after that, but Phin Phin didn't have that luxury. We got him when he was just the size of a house spider about two years ago, so he lived for a good two years. I'll post pics of Phineas on another day, but here are a couple more of Meriwether.
Irina, is there a story behind your tarantulas' names? They are unique.
ReplyDeleteDave, you're the first one to ask! There's no story except that I really like unique names.. I'm constantly thinking about what our kid's name will be. "Meriwether" and "Phineas" were on the list, but I decided that those are a little too unique so assigned them to our tarantulas instead! lol Also, the name Phineas has always stuck in my mind ever since I read the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles when I was a kid.
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