Ah yes, I guessed it'd be a Chilobrachys.
As a matter of fact, the first tarantula I ever encountered, in the wild, was also a chilobrachys species.
New tarantula species discovered in Thailand
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Re: New tarantula species discovered in Thailand
#42It sounds like this species has been previously known to hobbyists under the name "Chilobrachys electric blue" I remember seeing this species in YouTube videos from at least a few years ago[0]. It's incredible to me how there's still so much we don't know about our world! [0] https://youtu.be/vDU2sR62v5E?si=eYf7g-ucm3sYSwEx
No, that's a separate species?
Edit: apparently not. It's surprising as Well as enraging
Re: New tarantula species discovered in Thailand
#43> Blue is one of the rarest colors to appear in nature, which makes blue coloration in animals particularly fascinating.
Now hold on just a minute. The sky. The ocean. Glaciers. Even human eyes. Blue is so common "in nature" that the Earth, viewed from Mars, looks like a blue glass marble. https://www.universetoday.com/14446/photos-of-earth-from-mar...
Blue coloration in plants and animals is admittedly uncommon, but it's far from unusual. Animals tend to cluster around earth-toned colorways, and bright reds and greens are just as uncommon as blue.
Re: New tarantula species discovered in Thailand
#44I really enjoy knowing that all these critters exist somewhere, and also that I have a nice big ocean in between me and them
Re: New tarantula species discovered in Thailand
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you ground a structural color material down into a dust, it would no longer produce the same color effects anymore. By contrast, pigments and dyes have their absorption at the molecular level and would only lose their effect if you modified their chemical bonds. With structural color, the substances themselves do not have this spectral absorption characteristic. Instead, very specific configurations are needed to…
Apparently, structural color is also a lot more vivid (in the paint example, it reflects back almost 100% of the light, vs. 50% for pigment).
If it reflects back 100% of the incident light, it wouldn't have a blue appearance, would it?
Re: New tarantula species discovered in Thailand
#46> Blue is one of the rarest colors to appear in nature, which makes blue coloration in animals particularly fascinating. Now hold on just a minute. The sky. The ocean. Glaciers. Even human eyes. Blue is so common "in nature" that the Earth, viewed from Mars, looks like a blue glass marble. https://www.universetoday.com/14446/photos-of-earth-from-mar... Blue coloration in plants and animals is admittedly uncommon, but…
Don’t you think given the context of the article, they were clearly talking about blue coloration in animals, or plants and animals?
Re: New tarantula species discovered in Thailand
#47See also the better known Cobalt Blue and Green Bottle Blue tarantulas, very pretty but not the best beginner pets. They shouldn't be handled and need careful climate. Other tarantulas are very easy, like Rosehair or Pink Toes. They need little attention, make no noise, are hardy desert climate dwellers, and can be handled. I had a female Rosehair live for 20 years as a beginner.
You surprised me. I never expected tarantulas to be noisy in the first place.
very bad singers, but decent tap dancers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GalkM3KM4s
As this can last for hours at night in the owner's room, is a factor to consider. Here is a spider singing:
Re: New tarantula species discovered in Thailand
#48> Blue is one of the rarest colors to appear in nature, which makes blue coloration in animals particularly fascinating. Now hold on just a minute. The sky. The ocean. Glaciers. Even human eyes. Blue is so common "in nature" that the Earth, viewed from Mars, looks like a blue glass marble. https://www.universetoday.com/14446/photos-of-earth-from-mar... Blue coloration in plants and animals is admittedly uncommon, but…
> The sky. The ocean. Glaciers. Human eyes
All structural. Blue eyes are depigmented, so the iris is basically "transparent" if I remember correctly. Thus they change with the light. The effect is more striking in green eyes that can turn grey.
Re: New tarantula species discovered in Thailand
#49See also the better known Cobalt Blue and Green Bottle Blue tarantulas, very pretty but not the best beginner pets. They shouldn't be handled and need careful climate. Other tarantulas are very easy, like Rosehair or Pink Toes. They need little attention, make no noise, are hardy desert climate dwellers, and can be handled. I had a female Rosehair live for 20 years as a beginner.
what does "shouldn't" mean with respect to handling, and similarly "can"? Like they bite, or they're super fragile?
They bite, they are super fragile, and some have urticating hairs that release freely if feel threatened and you don't want in your skin or floating around your room.