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Anyone who keeps venomous reptiles knows how random reactions can be to venom, even someone who is not allergic can magically gain an allergy to it out of the blue, with no explaination as to why. There is no reason why tarantulas should be any different in that respect. Each species has different venom, and even each species' venom can vary depending on locale. I'm sure BWSmith could talk more about the dangers and random effects of venom if he even reads this particular group. Venoms are very complicated in structure and vary widely in composition. Intentionally envenomating yourself is not too smart, regardless of how 'not dangerous to humans' something is considered. You never ever know how you will react... and you might be fine once, and the second time you get envenomated suddenly have a reaction. Just seems very foolish to me. I've never heard of allergy tests for tarantula venoms. Must be quite the research lab.
Rav
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