Tarantula Tattoos – Fact and Fiction!

As people get less and less scared of spiders in general and tarantulas in particular, tarantula tattoos are among the most popular designs when choosing from among exotic animals. However, even in tarantula tattoos, you should keep the species and sketch in mind.

Surprisingly, Tarantulas are intriguing in spite of their massive bodies, which is the major cause for the rise of their numbers as pets. While this may seem strange to a lot of individuals, this is a fact!
We cannot imply that they are as popular as cats or dogs but the Mexican red knee tarantula and the Chilean rose are the most popular species of pets today. IN fact, so high has been the popularity of the Mexican red knee that there was an endangered species scare because so many people caught them and took them out of the wild. They have become increasingly rare in the wild and a few countries now need you to have a permit to keep them.
The names of Tarantulas come from a doctor called Kircher who cured people in a small village in Italy of the fever caused by spider bites. It is known that the region was densely inhabited by spiders and Kircher depicted the top and the underside – so if people were dancing back home, you could either deduce that they were sick or that they had been bitten by a tarantula!

Now, since the Mexican red knee is all the rage these days, if you want something a little more unique, you could go for an elaborate outline of a rare species. The tree dwelling pink toe bird eating spider has bottle green legs and as the name claims, pink toes! Other options could include the Chilean Rose which is sadly almost as popular as the Mexican red knee. A great looking design would be the markings of the Costa Rican Zebra. Even the Indian varieties are gaining recognition due to their appearance and hence their usage in tattoos has gone up considerably. They are rather bulky and often used as a base design for tattoos so they can also be considered as an option.
The Piaroa Indians believe that tarantulas have magical abilities. They also eat these animals sometimes making a omelette of the squeezed out abdomen and cooking it in between banana leaves.
The design can be used as a symbol for the struggles of life. As we close, everyone should know that there is no venomous tarantula with enough poison to kill a man. The fear of these creature stems from their size more than from the strength or quantity of their venom.