An American woman proved that she is no arachnophobe when she posed with her rather snappy pet tarantula and allowed it to bite her hand . Footage shows exotic pet owner Kayonna Cole holding her female rose hair spider up to the camera as it digs its fangs into her skin . Kayonna , who filmed the moment at her home in Los Angeles , remains calm throughout the video , but later suffered a reaction to the spider 's venom . Kayonna holds her hand steady and remains calm as the tarantula removes its fangs from her skin . Clearly visible are the tarantula ’ s fangs , which it immediately begins to use to pinch away at Kayonna ’ s hand . Unflinching , Kayonna holds her hand steady as the tarantula removes its fangs from her skin and tucks them in slightly . Later in the video the spider begins pinching her once more and even appears to puncture the surface of her skin . Kayonna bravely holds her female rose hair spider up to the camera while it demonstrates its biting action . But once again the spider 's owner remains remarkably calm and holds her hand still for the spider . Kayonna wrote online that the tarantula was showing aggression or possibly testing her fangs . She wrote : ‘ Her bites were not painful , the after effects from the venom were more painful with the symptoms being slight redness of the skin surrounding the bites , soreness and itching . ‘ This species of tarantula has low toxicity venom similar to that of a bee sting . ' Kayonna said that the particular type of tarantula has low toxicity venom similar to that of a bee sting .
Kayonna Cole holds her Female Rose Hair spider to the camera . The spiders are not native to North America and were brought in from Europe by a man named John Jacob Astoria. The video was recorded by Kayonna at her home in Los Angeles .