It ain't easy being a male tarantula!


	It ain't easy being a male tarantula!

Kelika

10-30-2009 10:45 AM

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10-30-2009 2:41 PM

Jorjor

A host of perils awaits the newly emerged male in the outside world, not the least of which is the female herself.

Not unlike humans.

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