Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Watch all 15 Weird and Wonderful Pets films at weirdandwonderfulpets.com
This film explores the diversity of tarantulas, from small species to the very biggest. We discover the amazing adaptations that tarantulas use to catch prey, from their venom-injecting fangs, to their ability to spin silk from their spinnerets, and in some species, from the tips of their feet! We then learn the essentials of how to keep a tarantula at home!
Before obtaining any pet, please watch the Golden Rules of Animal Husbandry film: youtu.be/2w3yhx31TuM
The Weird and Wonderful Pets project is about inspiring young minds!
While animal husbandry must always be taken VERY seriously (see Golden Rules video at the link above), many exotic small animals have quite simple culture requirements, and it is easy to provide suitable habitats to meet their needs.
If you can (1) buy pets from ethical sources, (2) provide a suitable environment with correct culture conditions, (3) only obtain the quantity of pets that you can properly take care of and (4) ensure that no pets escape into habitats in which they do not belong, then looking after weird and wonderful pets, and showing their life cycles and natural history stories to the next generation is an incredible way to inspire young minds and help nurture the next generation of naturalists, scientists and conservationists.
Visit weirdandwonderfulpets.com to discover the secrets of keeping fourteen amazing groups of small exotic animals!
Watch all 15 Weird and Wonderful Pets films at weirdandwonderfulpets.com
This film explores the diversity of tarantulas, from small species to the very biggest. We discover the amazing adaptations that tarantulas use to catch prey, from their venom-injecting fangs, to their ability to spin silk from their spinnerets, and in some species, from the tips of their feet! We then learn the essentials of how to keep a tarantula at home!
Before obtaining any pet, please watch the Golden Rules of Animal Husbandry film: youtu.be/2w3yhx31TuM
The Weird and Wonderful Pets project is about inspiring young minds!
While animal husbandry must always be taken VERY seriously (see Golden Rules video at the link above), many exotic small animals have quite simple culture requirements, and it is easy to provide suitable habitats to meet their needs.
If you can (1) buy pets from ethical sources, (2) provide a suitable environment with correct culture conditions, (3) only obtain the quantity of pets that you can properly take care of and (4) ensure that no pets escape into habitats in which they do not belong, then looking after weird and wonderful pets, and showing their life cycles and natural history stories to the next generation is an incredible way to inspire young minds and help nurture the next generation of naturalists, scientists and conservationists.
Visit weirdandwonderfulpets.com to discover the secrets of keeping fourteen amazing groups of small exotic animals!
