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Female spider question

Kingofspades Oct 04, 2006 10:10 PM

So I've been surfing the classifieds and stuff and noticed that female spiders often cost less then males.
Why is that?
Usually the females cost more.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

Replies (3)

exitwounds Oct 04, 2006 11:57 PM

its because spiders have no super form. so if you have a male you can breed it to 40 million normals and get spiders in return from each clutch but with females you can only pop out one spider clutch at a time. so since you dont need a female spider to get spiders their "lower in value"

Kingofspades Oct 05, 2006 12:44 AM

Right, but you can breed other morphs to a spider female and get all kinds of spider-whatever mixes.

That and to be honest...I know it sounds dumb, but I'd try to make a homozygous spider.

A spider, that when bred to a super pastel, gives ALL BEES!
How is that not a good thing?
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

Pfan151 Oct 05, 2006 10:43 AM

The females will be more expensive than the males soon. Males will keep droping and females will hold their price a little better IMO.
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