That escape proof transfer method is defenatly a work of art, I would say it's between the best performance and the best contemporary dancing I have ever seen, far better than anything else. Emotion spikes, and calm, good ending, better than every disney movie 10/10.
Got out of the hobby about 20 years ago and I am just blown away at how far things have come. It took me 10 years of of hard work and heartbreaks to accumulate the knowledge that you cover in an hour of vids. For now I'm happy to live vicariously through you and your collection but I have a feeling that will not last long. Just way too much cool new stuff out there now. I always found it vary interesting to origins of the tarantulas and hade a large world map that I put a pin in. I think it may make a good visual if you can do something like that
I just recently started in the hobby. 2 years ago I'd have never thought I'd like Tarantulas, but now I love them. Beautiful creatures that need to be respected. I have a Pink Toe (A. Avicularia), and an Arizona (Desert) Blonde. I plan to get more as well! I'm glad for channels like Dark Den and Exotics Lair who have shown me how much personality T's can have!
Looks like Leucocoprinus birnbaumii which is harmless. But mushrooms are hard to identify and can be pretty poisonous. I would get rid of it just to be sure.
Have fun with your new spiny murder bugs :D And yeah, not selling them at the moment, sorry. I'm still building up my own stock and I sell the rest to a local shop in bulk. Dealing with packing and sending packages all over europe is a but too much work for me at the moment. I might start selling them eventually and I will announce that on my channel.
I think the mushroom might be Leucocoprinus birnbaumii. For a human, if you eat a dozen of them, your stomach might be upset... Not really poisonous. But i don't know what the effects are on spiders :/
It needs to be said, I started watching your videos about two days ago or so when one of your videos was randomly recommended to me and I've been kinda marathoning everything on the channel since then. I'm actually really scared of spiders too but seeing you with them and how passionate you are kinda put me at ease about them, and hell, some of the tarantulas you have are actually really beautiful! Keep up the good work man.
WOW the species of tarantulas that are available in your country are incredible! I'm from Australia and yes we have tarantulas but nothing like these. Absolutely stunning
I wanted to ask you how your mite problem was?? never heard update thanks again. keep the AWESOME videos coming love the channel an also am a proud patron support for dark den🖒
The dark den .. Ur videos are awesome ..first Video I saw was feeding the dark devil so that name attracted me and I saw that video...after that I saw ur every video ever since ... Long time ago I used to fear spiders but now I want a tarantula so badly..😄😄 Good work ..keep it up :)
I myself wasn't a big fan of any bugs, but I mainly had a problem with spiders, but I find some of the species to be quite beautiful, and rather fascinating! Keep it coming!
Your videos are awesome, I've been wanting to start my own collection but I've never owned a spider before. Very informative on how to feed transfer and everything else.
You here too, Tom? Ha, love your videos. I wish I could send you some too, but sadly that's neither possible nor practical. These P. horrida are super exensive in the US for some reason (like $20 for one of the small nymphs), but there are other species of assassin bugs (Platymeris) that you could take a look at. You won't regret buying some, trust me :)
Hey, bud...thanks! I have a colony of Platymeris sp. mombo at the moment, and I love those guys. They just reproduced for me, too, which is fantastic (the little nymphs are adorable!). I'll definitely keep a lookout for the P. horrida. :)
I start following him for about 3 mouths ago. When you have around 15.000 subs, and look at it now. You Will soon hit 100.000. you are doing a great job ! Keep it up
Dark all your videos are incredible! Also extremely informative thank you ! 1 request that I think the whole community will appreciate is more videos , keep it up man you inspired me to keep working towards my dreams ! Just like you bro
I've always had reptiles/amphibians, and spiders/tarantulas have always been my least favorite animals. That being said, my opinion is slowly changing after coming across your channel by accident. The respect you show to your animals and fans is truly awesome! I don't know if I will ever love arachnids but thanks to you I do have a healthy respect and appreciation for them. Cheers from Colorado!
Hey this video was awesome, I love how you handle everything well and teach me about how to care for tarantulas, you've inspired me to raise my own tarantula. Thank you
Those fungi are Leucocoprinus birnbaumii. They are poisonous, but I don't expect your resident tarantula would bother with them. I may be wrong though, so you may want to play it safe and do a substrate change. Beautiful fungi though, I love them!
I like to watch ur videos really funny and educational its nice te see somebody that cares so much about all the creepy crawlers keep up the good work mate
What a bunch of spiny little cuties! I have to try hard to like these guys, because I am allergic to our local assassin bugs, Triatoma rubida--the Sonoran kissing bugs. They sneak into your bedding at night and bite you, and their venom has local anesthetic in it so that you don't know you've been bitten until they have finished feeding. The bite swells up the size of a full dinner plate and becomes a horrible suppurating wound that doesn't heal for weeks or months and sometimes leaves an awful scar. Also, when I get bitten, every place I've ever BEEN bitten in the past breaks out into hives and my throat starts to close up. Pretty horrible! The cowboys named them kissing bugs, because they used to climb up on their bed rolls around their campfires and bite them on their lips and chins, the first part of them sticking out from under the blanket on cold desert nights. Hard to believe that such tiny little guys can wreak so much havoc!
You know what I realized the other day after watching this latest upload? I've never watched tarantula videos until I found this channel. I was (and am still a little) scared of larger bugs and crawly things. But because of this channel I decided to try to see how owning my own tarantula would go and if it would help me (or go terribly wrong). My first tarantula is a Brachypelma albopilosum, then soon to follow, I ordered a Acanthoscurria geniculata from Jaime's Tarantulas, since that was who you used for your give away. I figured if you thought they were ok to send to your viewers, they must be good. My tiny sling came happy and healthy two days ago. Then realized I now have a common affliction in this hobby, I need more, so I ordered a Caribena versicolor that should come sometime next week. Back to what I realized, when trying to describe my new pets to my friends I will say their common name and their proper name, but when I do that, I always say it with your accent! I'm a 30's something lady from New York, lol. You are the one I get most of my verbal information from, I do read, but it's not the same. Just thought I'd share that with you and thank you at the same time for what you do. Maybe I'll name one after you. You can pick the species. Thanks again!
I've always wondered how do the enclosures smell when you open them? I used to keep black and brown widow spiders when I was younger and the enclosure always smelled. LOL.
Do you think you could buy an A. Chalcodes? They're really pretty and I can't find much info online. it would be great if you made a video for the species husbandry. Great video as always!
Basically you just want to keep them dry and at room temperature and they will do fine. For a more in depth guide use this link: tomsbigspiders.com/2015/04/14/aphonopelma-chalcodes-the-desert-blonde/
The dark den do you have any trapdoor spiders if not you should look at getting one there so cool when they eat I want one but I'm unable to so it would be cool to see one here
I captured a big ass Brown Recluse spider in a jar and started researching that they can live months without food and water so I started putting bugs and other spiders in there and it so awesome watching the spider attack them
That was an awesome vid dude! Iv always hated insects and thought they were gross, but now I'm subscribed to your channel and I love watching the insects lol their quite cool. You kinda make me want to get a taranchula but I think I'd be to afraid of it lol
Do have any time lapse videos of any of the spiders making their webs!? I just recently came across your videos and love them! I've always been interested in spiders, bugs, lizards etc. but you are the first person I've started to watch! Keep up the great vids!
Apparently you have a spreadsheet to keep track of feeding times, but looking at that shelf behind you puts it all in perspective. I know you love your insects but that must become a chore.
I am new to the hobby and will be buying my first spider soon, I'm going to buy a rose hair spider, what would you recommend feeding it and how should I keep the feeders or store them, also because it's a fairly small spider people have said to put a sponge in it's water bowl and dampen it so it doesn't drown, is this true? Anyone's help would be greatly appreciated, thanks
I'm planning on getting my first tarantula I was thinking of getting a Mexican red knee (brachypelma smithi) what size vivarium should I get and have you got any advice for a beginner
They might be houseplant mushrooms which come from soil contaminated with the spores. They grow in humid environments fast and spread amongst the soil quickly with their spores. If you dont want them spreading to the other enclosures and growing everywhere I would say remove them quickly.
Your Ybyrapora diversipes is exactly like mine in behaviour, not like Avicularia at all! Sometimes mine even tries to escape when I just try to feed it. Also, you probably already know that but Avics sometimes only start webbing when they're about to molt so your Y. diversipes might just be in premolt. That's what mine did anyways, it molted a week or two after it made the web.
That escape proof transfer method is defenatly a work of art, I would say it's between the best performance and the best contemporary dancing I have ever seen, far better than anything else. Emotion spikes, and calm, good ending, better than every disney movie 10/10.
Got out of the hobby about 20 years ago and I am just blown away at how far things have come. It took me 10 years of of hard work and heartbreaks to accumulate the knowledge that you cover in an hour of vids. For now I'm happy to live vicariously through you and your collection but I have a feeling that will not last long. Just way too much cool new stuff out there now. I always found it vary interesting to origins of the tarantulas and hade a large world map that I put a pin in. I think it may make a good visual if you can do something like that
Voodoo Pig the map is a great idea!
I just recently started in the hobby. 2 years ago I'd have never thought I'd like Tarantulas, but now I love them. Beautiful creatures that need to be respected. I have a Pink Toe (A. Avicularia), and an Arizona (Desert) Blonde. I plan to get more as well! I'm glad for channels like Dark Den and Exotics Lair who have shown me how much personality T's can have!
I love how he calls them "guys" its hilarious
Those are house mushrooms and they SPREAD FAST, you'll need to deal with them quickly so they dont literally end you lmao, upvote so my dude can see
Looks like Leucocoprinus birnbaumii which is harmless. But mushrooms are hard to identify and can be pretty poisonous. I would get rid of it just to be sure.
*memes internally* they're called "likes" here, I mean you can speak whatever language but still use the right words for those languages.
you, go up!
Have fun with your new spiny murder bugs :D
And yeah, not selling them at the moment, sorry. I'm still building up my own stock and I sell the rest to a local shop in bulk. Dealing with packing and sending packages all over europe is a but too much work for me at the moment. I might start selling them eventually and I will announce that on my channel.
Fruchtpudding Ii
Fruchtpudding are u Dutch or German
German
Fruchtpudding aah okay but u got a new sub😃
Do they need heat? But yeah whenever you're ready. I will look for you first when I am in a position to get some.
Cool assassin guys haha
I think the mushroom might be Leucocoprinus birnbaumii. For a human, if you eat a dozen of them, your stomach might be upset... Not really poisonous. But i don't know what the effects are on spiders :/
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It needs to be said, I started watching your videos about two days ago or so when one of your videos was randomly recommended to me and I've been kinda marathoning everything on the channel since then. I'm actually really scared of spiders too but seeing you with them and how passionate you are kinda put me at ease about them, and hell, some of the tarantulas you have are actually really beautiful! Keep up the good work man.
I like watching the spiny bugs fight for food
WOW the species of tarantulas that are available in your country are incredible! I'm from Australia and yes we have tarantulas but nothing like these. Absolutely stunning
Im so happy seeing ads on his videos
Cause that means he get ad revenue
This is in my list of top 10 creepiest TH-cam channels. Seriously, if you're terrified of bugs, this guy can really spice up that fear.
Glad your channel is blowing up. Congrats. great content!
Haha! Love the way your 'guys' fight over food. Could watch that all night. GREAT video!
Lmao, I thought the thumbnail was vanilla icecream being poured into chocolate icecream...
I wanted to ask you how your mite problem was?? never heard update thanks again. keep the AWESOME videos coming love the channel an also am a proud patron support for dark den🖒
Congrats on the 84,000+ subscribers Dark Den keep up the great videos, Cool shirt that you are wearing
Man i love watching your videos i honestly just started yesterday but its so satisfying seen you unbox and feed your bugs keep it up
Peep the tarantula saying High from his enclosure in the background
sooo much cork bark im a little envious!! cant wait to see the builds
I fucking LOVE the transitions you do with the finger snap and palm tap on the camera lens
i wanted you to know you are the reason i am getting into this hobby, and that i love the videos, keep it up man.
The dark den .. Ur videos are awesome ..first Video I saw was feeding the dark devil so that name attracted me and I saw that video...after that I saw ur every video ever since ... Long time ago I used to fear spiders but now I want a tarantula so badly..😄😄
Good work ..keep it up :)
I myself wasn't a big fan of any bugs, but I mainly had a problem with spiders, but I find some of the species to be quite beautiful, and rather fascinating! Keep it coming!
I really like how you do the "time-jump" montage in your videos, much better than classic "1 day later" screens or such :)
Your videos are awesome, I've been wanting to start my own collection but I've never owned a spider before. Very informative on how to feed transfer and everything else.
Loving the spiny assassin guys 😀 that cork bark is like a dream cone true to me haha
Congrats on the new acquisitions! LOVE the assassin bugs.
You here too, Tom? Ha, love your videos. I wish I could send you some too, but sadly that's neither possible nor practical. These P. horrida are super exensive in the US for some reason (like $20 for one of the small nymphs), but there are other species of assassin bugs (Platymeris) that you could take a look at. You won't regret buying some, trust me :)
Hey, bud...thanks! I have a colony of Platymeris sp. mombo at the moment, and I love those guys. They just reproduced for me, too, which is fantastic (the little nymphs are adorable!). I'll definitely keep a lookout for the P. horrida. :)
So educational and at the same time you get so giddy which makes it fun too! Keep up the awesome content my man! :)
I start following him for about 3 mouths ago. When you have around 15.000 subs, and look at it now. You Will soon hit 100.000. you are doing a great job ! Keep it up
This was beautiful,thanks for your wonderful content 😍 in love with these bugs (their magnificent.)
more spiny assassin guys yeah!!!!!! i want some
You have a voice and personality of someone that I would trust my life with
Right before I took a nap about two hours ago I was like "I hope I get to watch a new Dark Den video" ... God bless.
Dark all your videos are incredible! Also extremely informative thank you ! 1 request that I think the whole community will appreciate is more videos , keep it up man you inspired me to keep working towards my dreams ! Just like you bro
My day gets brighter when dark den uploads, ironically
I have used your transfer technique on a 1cm sling, it made everything so much easier, so thanks for sharing
gotta love the creepy crawlies and the slimy terrors of the world. love your vids man
Those little guys are so cool looking, I wish I weren't so afraid of insects so I could keep a wide variety of them.
I don't know why people dislike these videos
This is like the best Channel
I've always had reptiles/amphibians, and spiders/tarantulas have always been my least favorite animals. That being said, my opinion is slowly changing after coming across your channel by accident. The respect you show to your animals and fans is truly awesome! I don't know if I will ever love arachnids but thanks to you I do have a healthy respect and appreciation for them. Cheers from Colorado!
I would love to see an update and feeding video on the dart frogs
Dude.. that transfer method was super clever!
I always learn so much and i never liked spiders. Now i cant stop watching your videos lol! From Florida with love
Hey this video was awesome, I love how you handle everything well and teach me about how to care for tarantulas, you've inspired me to raise my own tarantula. Thank you
hail dark den i really love your vids. .ive watch them all. .hehe ur the reason ive got 3 slings now..my 1st tarantula. .from philippines here.
ohhh i´ve been waiting the whole day for a new episode :O
Those fungi are Leucocoprinus birnbaumii. They are poisonous, but I don't expect your resident tarantula would bother with them. I may be wrong though, so you may want to play it safe and do a substrate change. Beautiful fungi though, I love them!
I like to watch ur videos really funny and educational its nice te see somebody that cares so much about all the creepy crawlers keep up the good work mate
What a bunch of spiny little cuties! I have to try hard to like these guys, because I am allergic to our local assassin bugs, Triatoma rubida--the Sonoran kissing bugs. They sneak into your bedding at night and bite you, and their venom has local anesthetic in it so that you don't know you've been bitten until they have finished feeding. The bite swells up the size of a full dinner plate and becomes a horrible suppurating wound that doesn't heal for weeks or months and sometimes leaves an awful scar. Also, when I get bitten, every place I've ever BEEN bitten in the past breaks out into hives and my throat starts to close up. Pretty horrible! The cowboys named them kissing bugs, because they used to climb up on their bed rolls around their campfires and bite them on their lips and chins, the first part of them sticking out from under the blanket on cold desert nights. Hard to believe that such tiny little guys can wreak so much havoc!
What a nice community this channel has!
Love the videos! Tarantulas are my favorite
You know what I realized the other day after watching this latest upload? I've never watched tarantula videos until I found this channel. I was (and am still a little) scared of larger bugs and crawly things. But because of this channel I decided to try to see how owning my own tarantula would go and if it would help me (or go terribly wrong). My first tarantula is a Brachypelma albopilosum, then soon to follow, I ordered a Acanthoscurria geniculata from Jaime's Tarantulas, since that was who you used for your give away. I figured if you thought they were ok to send to your viewers, they must be good. My tiny sling came happy and healthy two days ago. Then realized I now have a common affliction in this hobby, I need more, so I ordered a Caribena versicolor that should come sometime next week. Back to what I realized, when trying to describe my new pets to my friends I will say their common name and their proper name, but when I do that, I always say it with your accent! I'm a 30's something lady from New York, lol. You are the one I get most of my verbal information from, I do read, but it's not the same. Just thought I'd share that with you and thank you at the same time for what you do. Maybe I'll name one after you. You can pick the species. Thanks again!
"I have so much wood" - The dark den, 2017
Words to live by
Honestly amazing channel, Keep up the great work.
82k wow the dark den is taking off real fast gratz man.
Can we have an update on the triangle enclosure. Want to see how the T used the space. If there has been any I missed it please inform me, TY
I've always wondered how do the enclosures smell when you open them? I used to keep black and brown widow spiders when I was younger and the enclosure always smelled. LOL.
I got a really cute ad at the beginning of this video
it was really adorable
Do you think you could buy an A. Chalcodes? They're really pretty and I can't find much info online. it would be great if you made a video for the species husbandry.
Great video as always!
Tom Moran has husbandry video that's very informative; th-cam.com/video/JCbQBhEQcNY/w-d-xo.html
Basically you just want to keep them dry and at room temperature and they will do fine.
For a more in depth guide use this link:
tomsbigspiders.com/2015/04/14/aphonopelma-chalcodes-the-desert-blonde/
Evan Schaefering Thank you! I'm planning on buying one as my 1st Tarantula and they seem perfect for me c:
They grow extremely slooow. I have a 2 year old one that's barely 1.25 inches. Pretty nice t tho.
Ivan I'm planning on getting a female, around teen, past the sling stage. A birthday gift to myself.
The dark den do you have any trapdoor spiders if not you should look at getting one there so cool when they eat I want one but I'm unable to so it would be cool to see one here
Great vid, love unboxings, can you do an overall care video on these?
The feeding at the end...
So satisfying ...
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I love your videos so much! I'm thinking of getting my own arachnid :)
Svaka ti cast, brate prije par dana sam sazno za tebe , i sad svaku noc te gledam :D Keep it up bro :D
You should do hamster updates in every video. This little guy is too cutee. Loved the vid
Time for some more enclosure builds!
I captured a big ass Brown Recluse spider in a jar and started researching that they can live months without food and water so I started putting bugs and other spiders in there and it so awesome watching the spider attack them
That was an awesome vid dude! Iv always hated insects and thought they were gross, but now I'm subscribed to your channel and I love watching the insects lol their quite cool. You kinda make me want to get a taranchula but I think I'd be to afraid of it lol
There should be more episodes.
i have an assassin bug that one of his front legs are missing and i dunno how to keep them please help me
Aye you're falling in reverse shirt is cool 😂
Do have any time lapse videos of any of the spiders making their webs!? I just recently came across your videos and love them! I've always been interested in spiders, bugs, lizards etc. but you are the first person I've started to watch! Keep up the great vids!
Time lapse of a spider making web will take too long... like a couple weeks of constant recording lol
im sure theres maybe some way of capturing most of it
That pokie poster is so cool! I want one! 🙂🤗
that time jump was on point my G
I can't use chopsticks now without thinking about bugs on the other end ....
There just 3 words to explain this.
Another awesome Video! :)
...even i was hoping to see the heteropteryx dilatata again :P
i am so scared of spiders but watching all these videos is making me want a tarantula :) and start a collection.
behold look at my wood. That alone had me laughing. Love the content happy i found you awhile ago and kept watch cause you are the best.
What would you do if the top shelf broke and all your spiders got out?
Apparently you have a spreadsheet to keep track of feeding times, but looking at that shelf behind you puts it all in perspective. I know you love your insects but that must become a chore.
Behold, my WOOD! Lmao great video, Petko!
I am new to the hobby and will be buying my first spider soon, I'm going to buy a rose hair spider, what would you recommend feeding it and how should I keep the feeders or store them, also because it's a fairly small spider people have said to put a sponge in it's water bowl and dampen it so it doesn't drown, is this true? Anyone's help would be greatly appreciated, thanks
I can't use chopsticks without thinking about bugs on the other end ....
You should totally link your Patreon in the description alongside your social media links or something. Great video btw!
I love your vood
Love your videos man, keep up the good work 😙
The bugs in the desert you see are ant lion larvae by the way that make the sink holes
When do you plan on making a special enclosure for the hamster? i have been looking forward to seeing what you have in mind
Hey I am trying to set up a scorpion enclosure could anyone help?
I'm planning on getting my first tarantula I was thinking of getting a Mexican red knee (brachypelma smithi) what size vivarium should I get and have you got any advice for a beginner
They are SO Vicious and a bit greedy about meals! 😆
I love this channel so much 😁😁
They might be houseplant mushrooms which come from soil contaminated with the spores. They grow in humid environments fast and spread amongst the soil quickly with their spores. If you dont want them spreading to the other enclosures and growing everywhere I would say remove them quickly.
Daamn
Oh my god I am not a huge fan of spiders in general but I really like the purple one on that poster :)
"Go in the cup. Goooo in...the cup. Go in the cup and stay there. Just stay there." Lmao!
I love ur videos i have 4 slings and 2 older trantulas. Are u going to be at the reptial show in missisaga
Your Ybyrapora diversipes is exactly like mine in behaviour, not like Avicularia at all! Sometimes mine even tries to escape when I just try to feed it.
Also, you probably already know that but Avics sometimes only start webbing when they're about to molt so your Y. diversipes might just be in premolt. That's what mine did anyways, it molted a week or two after it made the web.