{"product_id":"cyriocosmus-elegans-trinidad-dwarf-tiger-sling","title":"Cyriocosmus elegans - Trinidad Dwarf Tiger (Sling)","description":"\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"1bgjuzx\" data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"136\"\u003eTiny Size… Big Personality\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"416\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"171\"\u003eTrinidad Dwarf Tiger Sling\u003c\/strong\u003e is proof that \u003cstrong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"225\"\u003egreat things come in small packages\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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