[plainsong]

Well I hope the spider was released, rather than left in a tupperware container. I have this duality about spiders and insects. On the one hand I scream like a little schoolgirl, but on the other, they have their place in nature and I really respect that.

So my method would be to hide, and then have someone else catch and release it in another country.

A recluse was in my going-out-to-the-stable shoes, unbeknownst to me as I slipped into the shoes with my bare feet. I still get the full body shivers over that, and it was over 10 years ago. I swear I felt its fangs on my big toenail!

Otherwise, it was mostly spiders of the ugly-but-harmless variety.

 

[Thelonious Monk]

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Originally Posted by redshifter /img/forum/go_quote.gif actually indoor spiders usually die when you put then outdoors. probably more humane just to squash them.

yeah, if you're good at it you can pretty much painlessly disintegrate a spider with one fowl swoop of the shoe.

foul, too.

 

[LFF]

I HATE YOU GUYS!!! WISH I WAS AS BRAVE AS YOU GUYS!!!

POSTING BIG @SS PICTURES OF SPIDERS!!!! I ABSOLUTELY HATE HATE HATE SPIDERS!!!

I was sweating after the second pictures and couldn't go on after the golden silk spider.

my stomach and head hurt.

 

[rb67]

Man you guys sure get some crazy stuff in Australia!

 

[milkpowder]

Seriously euclid, that was not funny! I was sitting so close to my screen... almost screamed like a little girl

I think I have a minor phobia for spiders, yet I still click on this thread?! Let me think of something happy now... ahh.. yes... NOS Baby Orpheus here soon

 

[003]

 

[Thelonious Monk]

yeah.

 

[milkpowder]

!!!!!!! 003, that is by far the most disgusting thing I've ever seen!!!!!!!

 

[euclid]

*high five*

 

[redshifter]

that's the thing about spiders... you don't see them until it is TOO LATE!

check out this goliath spider catch and eat a mouse! amazing!

 

[Fitz]

I am so glad I don't have any clocks hanging on the wall right now...

 

[Thelonious Monk]

actually i think the spider 003 posted is quite beautiful.

like one of these:

a Chilean rose tarantula. beautiful little creatures, quite docile. i've handled then more than once, let them crawl around my head etcetera. pretty good pets, i'm going to get one as soon as i can get a decent climate control unit.

 

[003]

The one I posted is a rather large Funnel-web spider and is deadly poisonous.

 

[braillediver]

I was ready for a picture of "man-devouring beers".


Mitch

 

[milkpowder]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thelonious Monk /img/forum/go_quote.gif actually i think the spider 003 posted is quite beautiful. like one of these: a Chilean rose tarantula. beautiful little creatures, quite docile. i've handled then more than once, let them crawl around my head etcetera. pretty good pets, i'm going to get one as soon as i can get a decent climate control unit.

Hey, this one is actually pretty damn cute! I've seen these at pet stores. They sell for around 60-120 bucks in Hong Kong.

But God Almighty do I not want to find out what the one behind the clock looks like... I think I'll check my email notifications and see whether there are any attached pictures before I peer into this thread again