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The smooth green snake, aka grass snake, is a nonvenomous colubrid. They can be found through Canada, United States, and into Mexico. They experience the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, logging, farming, and ranching; road construction, which can divide their territories […]

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The curly-haired tarantula is so named due to the hairs that cover their body having a slight curl to them. These cool critters can be found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. They’re also found in specialty pet shops. I have worked with these tarantulas quite a bit. They are generally […]

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The red-knee tarantula, aka Mexican red-knee tarantula, hails from the Mexican state of Guerrero, on the Pacific side of Mexico. They prefer hilly, deciduous, tropical forests. These tarantulas are known to make great pets because they are not only attractive, but very docile, and have a low toxicity to their […]

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