Though its the insect week, but the area was dominated by arachnid instead, the only insect i saw was the Jungle Nymph
Majority was Tarantulas and Scorpions
Well, not much educating on that day, most of the people just came and "Yer... So geli" and walked away although i tried to greet them and talk to them
More like a freak show, hopefully we can overcome the problem where we can encourage people to ask more question rather than just come and go in the next exhibition....
At least i have a lot of fun chatting with fellow hobbyist there and finally i met the guy with balls of steal, Ken aka freeloader
As usual, met a lot of people with different attitude, some like to show off, some curious, some was so paranoid and keep swearing at our inverts
Saw some handling of scorpion as well though i think it's a very bad habit (No offense)
People will get the wrong idea that scorpions are pets for u to handle when they saw it
A few of them came to me and asked why they can be handle when they are so dangerous
Personally i'm against handling of scorpion especially during exhibition, sorry to be frank but this is just what i think
I do occasionally handled my AFS at home once in a blue moon, gotta admit it's tempting but IMHO just keep it for yourself is good enough
Different scorpion have different personality, sometimes accident might happen where they sting/pinched the handler and if that happen it will only make the public who saw the incident get more bad impression bout scorpions
Overall it's a good experience in the exhibition, enjoy chatting with fellow hobbyist and thanks Darren for giving me 24 free jungle nymph eggs to incubate although they need more than a year to hatch :p
Pictures
Bro Dennis educating the public
Look at the crowd =p
Curious exhibitor checking out the inverts
Bro Dennis teaching us how to sex a tarantula by exoskeleton method
Trying to make a hissing roach hiss
Learning how to DIY a aquarium cover
Images credit goes to tzuen
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