Spider farm in Chile Bashny.Net

Today, as a pet, you can not only make a dog, cat or rabbit, and even a tarantula! Pets arthropods are much in demand. Expert in the field of Agriculture Juan Carlos Orellana (Juan Carlos Orellana) in 2006 founded a small Chilean town Batukov, 30 kilometers north of Santiago, the farm where bred tarantulas species Grammostola mollicoma.

Now terrariums lives on a farm five thousand spiders, which are exported as pets in Europe and Asia, in the United States. Male tarantulas live 2-3 years, females - up to 35 years. Spiders are harmless, despite the fact that they reach 14-17 cm.