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post #76 of 79
2/17/10 at 12:28am
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Originally Posted by sebhuber View Post
big spiders & heights
x2. Big hairy spiders scare the hell out of me.
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post #77 of 79
2/17/10 at 1:36am
I'm surprised/disappointed no one has posting pictures of everybody's phobias yet...
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post #78 of 79
2/17/10 at 1:43am
There is a reason they're our phobias...
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post #79 of 79
2/17/10 at 2:17am
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Originally Posted by sizwej View Post
x2. Big hairy spiders scare the hell out of me.
In the house where I grew up, there was an infestation of wolf spiders. These are the size of freakin' tarantulas and they are covered with hair. In fact, they look pretty much like tarantulas. They don't spin webs and just hang out waiting for dinner to arrive; they're hunters. Most of the time they stayed in the attic, but occasionally one of them would end up in my bedroom.

I was like six or seven at the time, and I would completely freak out. My father would take care of the spider, and he never failed to tell me that the spider was more afraid of me than I was of it. And the lecture always concluded with his assuring me that they don't bite. They're harmless.

Yeah, right. Maybe a year ago, I looked them up in Wikipedia:

Toxicity

Wolf spiders will inject venom freely if continually provoked. Symptoms of their venomous bite include swelling, mild pain and itching. Though usually considered harmless to humans, the bite of some species may be painful. In the past, necrotic bites have been attributed to some South American species, but further investigation has indicated that those problems that did occur were probably actually due to bites by members of other genera.[2] Australian wolf spiders have also been associated with necrotic wounds, but careful study has likewise shown them not to produce such results.[3]
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