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[Fishead soup]

Korea is famous for the 조 호spider. It crawles in your ear and lays eggs.
After the eggs hatch the spiders make they're way to your brains. Where they feast. For the next few days you'll become more and more stupid as your brain is slowly disappearing. Finally you'll drop dead.

[WoBW]

[captain kirk]

I've had tarantulas as pets for about three years now. I got the first one off Dave's buy and sell here three years ago. He was the second owner. So I'm the third. This tarantula is six years old now and will live to be 25. It's a female. The females live longest. Males die at 6 or so.

It's of a species that is the second largest in the world, from Brazil. I have four now. One is from Chile and the rest are Brazilian. If you go to Dongdaemun pet arcade you can see tarantulas for sale. Along with lizards, etc.

Anyhow I really appreciate spiders now. When I see them in the yard, around the house, in the woods. Because a tarantula is so big one pays more attention to it than a little spider. I don't handle them though.

Google 'the british tarantula society' (or the bts). There's a forum there like Dave's but all about tats.

[Lekker]

I have a friend who had a pet tarantula. It bit her in the arm. Her arm was numb for a week. They don't make good pets, unless you have them defanged, but then that's just cruel.

[Rob'sdad]

In Northern California near rivers and streams there are big milk spiders that build their webs between trees. So while you're busy looking out for rattlesnakes you catch a spiderweb in the face.

[Kwangjuchicken]

[Stormy]

[rumdiary]

[blurgalurgalurga]

MOLLY BLOOM! DON'T READ THIS POST! IT'LL CREEP YOU OUT!!!

MOLLY, NOOOO!!





Anyone ever had a moth crawl into their ear while they sleep? It's surprisingly common, but it always confuses the crap out of the ER crew when you storm in crying and hollering. They inevitably think you're crazy and trank you up, but when you come out of the narco-trance, the damn things still in there, thrumming away...
















Ok Molly you're safe now

[Stormy]

[Rteacher]

Fear of spiders (and snakes) is pretty natural since they tend to be venomous (and creepy) - but humans are way more of a threat to cause harm.

My advice is to seal off any cracks around windows with foam tape (or something). A couple years ago, I actually had a nest of rather large, scary-looking spiders outside my (second floor) window, and practically every day I'd find a new (usually mid-sized) one inside my apartment.

Since I've taped around the window frame - and kept the window shut - the last two years, I've hardly seen any spiders (maybe one or two harmless looking ones.)

I also keep a fine-mesh screen over my shower drain - and even the kitchen sink drain - to keep out other bugs like centipedes and roaches.

I would think that using pesticides would also help keep them out (though they're probably more harmful than most spiders - who at least help control other bugs)

One thing is that insects and animals seem to sense fear or harmful intent on the part of humans (since we kill so many of them) so it's best not to overact to the very minor risk posed by them.

But if they look really menacing just stomp on 'em (and chant Krishna! - or some name of God - to benefit the soul that was inside that spider body)

[blurgalurgalurga]

[Bigfeet]

Well, she hasn't answered in a while, maybe she finally got some sleep?

[MollyBloom]

[MollyBloom]

By the way, the odd thing about my fear is if I am outside, in the woods or hiking, I am still bothered by them, but I feel less so because it's their territory I am in. Bouncing in my comfy bed and scurrying around my panties is when I disapprove of their presence.