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    Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair. Rapunzel is a Chilean rose-haired tarantula, Grammostola rosea.

    This photo has been featured in an article here:
    www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/spiders-gallery/9/

    Cotita Medina, Christ's Gallery, and 15 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    1. Terri.Flickr.Chic [deleted] 77 months ago | reply

      Oh my gosh *faints*. Spiders are my worst nightmare.
      I admire anyone who could have one as a pet.

      (seen in my pet)

    2. Matthew Thain 77 months ago | reply

      haha I dunno if i'd admire someone who had a spider as a pet I'd be thinking more on the lines of, you're creepy haha lol jk, I like the red carpet as a background man thats bright!

    3. Furryscaly 77 months ago | reply

      Haha, she's actually quite nice! ; )

    4. Sandy/Scarlett Images ♥ Finally back! 77 months ago | reply

      OMG! You let this thing run loose in your house???!! ~faints~ alongside of Terri.flickr.chic - I can't look anymore - my pulse is pounding and my palms are sweating at the thought! BUT... what great detail - every little hair - is it soft? looks soft...nice lighting - eeeeeeeeek... I'm outta here!

    5. Furryscaly 77 months ago | reply

      lol, she's very soft. Her foot pads are really soft on your palm too, though they itch/ tickle on the backs of your arms (the hooks dig into your follicles).

    6. Sandy/Scarlett Images ♥ Finally back! 77 months ago | reply

      Greaaaaaaaaaat.. why did I come back here? I could've gone all day without knowing about the itch/tickle when her hooks dig in! I don't even want to know about her teeth!... so don't tell me! LOL... I'm not coming back here again.. I'm not, I'm SO not!!

    7. Furryscaly 77 months ago | reply

      Technically speaking they don't have teeth, they have chelicerae, aka "fangs" ; ) I'm sure they hurt like hell, but she's not one to bite...unless you're a cricket. Mmm, juicy...

    8. bsmith4815 76 months ago | reply

      beautiful shot against that red background! Thanks for sharing it in the Tarantulas! Pool!

    9. ICE DESERT " Ahmed " 74 months ago | reply

      lovely macro ...

      so nice :)

    10. punk rock prom queen 58 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called chilean rose (grammostola rosea), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    11. Summerwind_1 55 months ago | reply

      Ewwwww but a great shot!
      Your Macro is Fantastic!
      World Macros
      We would love to have it in our group
      Please comment & award others

    12. godzikPL 55 months ago | reply

      all I can say is: BEAUTIFUL :)

    13. o23r 55 months ago | reply

      Fresh one!

    14. bugeyed_G 55 months ago | reply

      Great photograph of a dark, hairy creature! Difficult to photograph well...nicely done!

    15. me, alexis 50 months ago | reply

      LMAO at her name. ;) BEAUTIFUL photo of a GORGEOUS creature!

    16. happyspider 44 months ago | reply

      Hey - you're featured in Wired Science! Congrats! :) Beautiful spidey.

      www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/spiders-gallery/9/

    17. hadleyleggett 44 months ago | reply

      Hi! Thanks so much for making your photo available under a Creative Commons license– we used it in our "Spider Hall of Fame" for Wired Science: www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/spiders-gallery/

      Great shot of a very nice spider!

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