I found this video of a guy handling a smallish H mac. Pretty cool



I would like to get one at some point in the future when I get more experience with other OW and fast Ts.

flip that t is cool=]i would love a small
female.

These are a very stunning looking, underrated species and not quite the demon spiders they are made out to be. That said i wouldn't deliberately try and handle mine.

I think many species are made out as evil that are simply just misunderstood.
If a fast species tries to run, and you try to catch it with your hand in a irresponsible manner, you will probably get bit.

I will get an H mac as some point, as well as a Stromatopelma calceatum.

iv just got a stromatopelma calceatum
and iv not seen any aggrestion at all,
its maybe lust a little unpredictable
cause they can jolt but other wise its
not a bad t=]

Fantastic video, even if the handler is stark raving mad for handling it :dry:

I think that it is better to judge the individual T rather than the whole species. There are always exceptions to the rules. Some people have commented that their G. rosea's and G. albiopilosum's are extremely agressive when this is usally considered a docile species. Some people have very docile OBT's. It's really the individual T's we need to know the behavior of rather than the species as a whole. I suppose if someone warns you that a certain species is generally agressive/defensive, you have some kind of understanding of what to expect.

H mac's are generally very defensive T's but mine is psychotically agressive. It regularly attacks my tongs and offers threat poses during feeding and cage maintenance. I wouldn't dream of handling mine unless absolutely necessary, and even then I am fairly sure I will get tagged in the process as they are extremely quick.

I suppose there will always be die hards in the human population. I say, so long as there is no harm done to the T and you handle it correctly then hats off to you. You are far braver than I will allow myself to be!