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Topic: Guess How Old I Am! G. rosea, and i know

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cacoseraph
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Posted: May 14 2009 at 3:58am \| IP Logged

how old would you say this is? that is my hand and my penny =P

i know the answer

p.s. a penny is .75" (2cm) in diameter.

zoom --> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b287/cacoseraph/tarantula/ babies/G_rosea_how_oldb.jpg

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uehling
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Posted: May 14 2009 at 9:11am \| IP Logged

As slow as these grow, I would guess 1 1/2 to 2 years

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Posted: May 14 2009 at 1:01pm \| IP Logged

I guess nine months

cacoseraph
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Posted: May 14 2009 at 1:05pm \| IP Logged

no one has it yet. i will tell in about a week :)

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Posted: May 14 2009 at 9:13pm \| IP Logged

2 1/2 Years

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Posted: May 14 2009 at 10:56pm \| IP Logged

2.5 years is in the range i predetermined to be correct :)

it is from this eggsac ( http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?p=586384&high light=rosea#post586384 ), which hatched in september, 2006. i think they are 2y 7-9m. this spider is one of two i have left from a group of 20 originally that i was only feeding every 2-4 months. basically when they get skinny enough i feed them again. i am hoping at least one of the two i have left (traded the rest when igot rid of like 99% of my collection) is a female and will live for 40+ years

you win a cacoseraph's blessings :)

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Stalker13
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Posted: May 15 2009 at 3:04am \| IP Logged

Thanks, but I kind of cheated. I had no idea on the age, but I remembered you mentioned your experiment on AB a while ago, so I guessed a bit higher than what I thought it was. I think I remember you said the experiment would be done when you'd be an old man

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cacoseraph
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Posted: May 15 2009 at 12:05pm \| IP Logged

heh, i don't think that is cheating :)

if you had seen the answer from a clone thread on another forum maybe that would be cheating

but really, it was just a silly little game. i thought ppl might think it is interesting that they are still pretty small

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Tom1
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 7:27pm \| IP Logged

WOW! I am very impressed on its age and size.

Still very cute.

Longimanus
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Posted: June 13 2009 at 12:55am \| IP Logged

Wow I remember you talking about this forever ago. I'm surprised the experiment is still going on. I wonder if that kind of diet is more comparable to a wild one?

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Posted: June 13 2009 at 2:49pm \| IP Logged

Longimanus wrote:

Wow I remember you talking about this forever ago. I'm surprised the experiment is still going on. I wonder if that kind of diet is more comparable to a wild one?

i wouldn't be surprised if this is how the spiders at the extreme edge of their range live

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Aracnophiliac
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Posted: July 08 2009 at 3:00pm \| IP Logged

Im guessing a year and 2 months...LL

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