Hi Nita,

I disagree that the spider owner is being greedy. He most likely has invested $5,000 at least in his animal. The owner of the normal female has probably invested $200. Unless, as you stated, the spider owner has no females (really unlikely), then it's hard to understand why you would feel the normal female owner deserves as big a share as the person who took the risk to invest $5,000. If spiders are not that big of a deal - "It's just a spider, anyway", then maybe the person with the normal should go out and buy one - after all, it's just a spider!

Bottom line, the person with the pricey animal decides on the split - and if the normal owner does not like it, they don't have to enter into the agreement. The thing is to agree beforehand how it's going to be done.

Just my $.02!

Christy

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