I know this is a quick update in blogs, for those who didn't get to read my last blog it was basically saying that I've bought Worms from the PlayStation Store and The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai from XBOX Live Arcade.

I know that many of you knew about my Tarantula named Storm, and that many of you didn't especially like any type of spiders, but I came here to tell you all that Storm is now deceased, with the cause of death being what I believe a natural death from age. I bought her when she was already mature despite the fact that I didn't like buying an already mature Tarantula since I couldn't tell how old she was. During this winter, she had her second molt with me, which was an amazing experience as I couldn't stay to watch her first molt since I had to go see my (ex)girlfriend at the time.

Everything was going great until I started feeding her again. She simply wouldn't eat. She'd kill the crickets, but wouldn't eat any. She would drink a lot, but as the days went by she'd drink less and less. After a week or two I tried feeding her again, and still nothing. Kill the crickets but don't eat them which to me was a sign that she would eventually die, as if she didn't have the strength to eat anymore.

As I was going to change and clean the aquarium, I told myself I'd wait before doing so because I did feel like she just wouldn't go on, and I was right. I noticed two days ago that she was starting to bend her legs inwards a little bit, underneath her body, which most Tarantulas, when they die, they will have all 8 legs underneath their body. She was still alive though, and it's not the first time I saw her doing this for no reason at all, but this time I felt it was the last time she'd do so. And just as I thought, yesterday when I got back from work I looked at her and there she was, all 8 legs entirely underneath her body, some of them were even in weird positions that would bend back upwards: She was dead.

So yeah, I have taken care of Storm for 2 years maybe a bit more. I knew she was old at her second molt because she didn't molt as often as she should of been. I remember the way she'd have to threaten me, standing on her back legs and showing me the fangs when I'd try to take nice pictures lol. Damn was she not social at all. But she was, nonetheless, a beautiful creature and one that I've learned more about the Tarantulas while watching her do her stuff at night.

R.I.P. Storm.