Today it seems that less and less people are afraid of tarantulas. With so many exotic animals now being kept as pets, it's no wonder tarantula tattoo designs are becoming so popular.Though tarantula tattoo designs might be popular there are still a few things to keep in mind when choosing a species and design.
The thing about tarantulas is that when you see them, no matter what your thoughts are somehow they are intriguing.. They look massive and they have large bodies but this isn't putting people off of them, many people are now collecting tarantulas as pets. Now it does seem strange to people that tarantulas are becoming the new pet, but they are!
Tarantulas are not as common as dogs and cats, but take the Mexican red knee tarantula and Chilean rose, they are the most popular species of pets today. Because of the popularity of the Mexican red knee tarantula, many people over caught the species in the wild causing this species to be on the endangered list of tarantulas, and in some countries you now need to keep a permit for them. They are extremely rare now to find in the wild.
The name of tarantulas comes from the doctor known too many as Kircher, that is doctor Kircher. He helped people who had caught a disease or thought they were bitten by a tarantula in a small village in Italy. It was during this time, that he helped people by offering them advice on how to get rid of this fever they thought the bite of the spider caused.
Kircher who was a doctor back then depicts the region populated by the spider, and gives two drawings, the underside and top. So if you saw people dancing madly in the streets or in their homes back then, you could make two assumptions, the one that they were already sick or two that they thought or perhaps had been bitten by the tarantula, how unfortunate to have to dance until you were delirious i would rather have taken the bite then dance until i felt as if i had been bitten by the spider
So this was thought where this word originated from though, there are plenty of misconceptions none the less is, this is the reason we use this word tarantula as it is today.
As mentioned the Mexican red knee tarantula is very popular, so if you would like something that is not so well known you could go for the gooty ornamental.The tree dwelling species such as the pink toe bird eating spider has bottle green legs and then also has pink toes which truly are pink.
For a tarantula tattoo design you can imagine there are hundreds of designs to choose from you could go for the Chilean rose species, though they are just as common as the Mexican red knee tarantula. Another great looking species is the Costa Rican zebra which has brilliant markings. The Indian ornamentals are now also becoming popular and they are great looking species for a tattoo.
They get quite large and they seem to be tattooed quite often now, so you might want to choose one of these tarantulas for your new tarantula tattoo design.
The Piaroa Indians say the tarantula has some mystical power; they also eat tarantulas, as well as have tarantula omlets by squeezing out the abdomen and heating it up through thick banana leaves.
If you would like to add meaning to this design, then you could use the design as a way of guidance through life's struggles. One thing you should know is that there is no such thing as a venomous tarantula that is able to kill a man. The only reason or one of the reasons people were scared of these spiders was due to their size and never the amount of venom they had.
