When I was a child I kept A LOT of spiders in my room and even let two of them loose... to make webs to eat the bugs for me, Good memories.
Hmm... but a bad image for the rest of you ahahah!!!
When I was a child I kept A LOT of spiders in my room and even let two of them loose... to make webs to eat the bugs for me, Good memories.
Hmm... but a bad image for the rest of you ahahah!!!
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Bdk Nagrand / Astae Nagrand
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The existence of spiders is vital to the earth. Spiders eat many types of harmful insects, helping to keep gardens free of pests. Not only do they help pollinate plants, they also help recycle dead animals and plants back into the earth. Spiders are also a food source for many small mammals, birds and fish.
Don't hate or fear the poor things, they helped us for thousands of years! All they want is a warm and quite corner in your house, now is that so much to ask?
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Bdk Nagrand / Astae Nagrand
Pokemon X FC: 4656-7679-2545/Trainer Name: Keno
AFAIK the only dangerous spiders in Australia are the Sydney Funnel Web (don't think they live near Adelaide) and the Redback (description doesn't match). So probably a Huntsman, like b0sanac said. I saw a couple huntsmen when I was in Australia and they were majorly creepy, but yeah, not dangerous.
In a normal country I probably wouldnt be so bothered by them, but this is Australia, we have more than one deadly species of spider roaming around the backyard so we gotta be careful. Gotta make a point of checking your shoes every time you go outside, you dont want any nasty suprises lol.
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Bdk Nagrand / Astae Nagrand
Pokemon X FC: 4656-7679-2545/Trainer Name: Keno
Haha complete opposite of me! The spider out my back will happily walk around my hand and just generarly look cute, never been bitten by her though so I assume she's fine with it :P. She's more of the neglected family pet than anything! lol.
Although yes, i'm sure if you were to do what i'm doing there, would probably not end well :s
I swear, if my child ever has a situtation like this, he better grow balls real fast and kill the bastards, cuz im runnin my happy ass outta there! lmfao but here's my story O.o
Christmas Eve, windows open to let the chill in (i live in the desert :/) and im laying there half asleep wishing the night would go faster so i can get presents in the morning..I feel movement on my feet..then my leg......then my stomach. I poke my head up to see what it is, this large black spot on my stomach, I reach over, turn on the light..BAM! Giant ass tarantula just crawling on me..I am usually afraid of spiders, but the trooper in me that night made me calmly reach my hand under the monster and throw his hairy ass out the window! Needless to say, I felt like a champ Slept well after that lol
Duck walks into a bar, says to the bartender, "Got any grapes?" Bartender says no, duck says "Got any grapes?" "No" "Got any grapes?" "NO!" "Got any--" "If you say got any grapes one more time I'm going to nail your bill to the wall..." "Got a nail?" "No." "Got any grapes?"
I hope you killed it before it had a chance to lay eggs in your mouth while you were sleeping!
I ate a spider when I was a kid.
To be completely honest, yes, it is too much to ask. My spider story is quite traumatic.
I was about four years old at the time. When I was younger, my mother ran a store where she sold antiques, furniture, etc. I'd usually play out back by a large pine tree. One day, while playing by the tree, I felt an itching feeling on my back, legs, neck, and arms. I looked to see what it was, and saw 9 (give or take) black widows crawling on me. I know that they aren't that dangerous now, but at the time, I had never been so terrified before or since. Before I could do anything about them, my mother came outside to check on me, noticed the spiders, and had one of the worst breakdowns I have ever seen. I was already scared, but seeing my mother start freaking out didn't exactly help. My mother didn't know much about spiders, but knew black widows were poisonous which escalated the whole situation. She tries to regain her composure and starts telling me to stay calm and that everything would be ok, all that succeeded in doing was make me expect the absolute worst. My mom in her panic decided to call my dad at our house which was about 5 miles away. I had to stand there with black widows on me for a good 15 minutes waiting for my dad. In what seemed like 5 seconds, he parks the car, walks over to me, brushes the spiders off, and carries me inside the building (turns out he knew a lot more about spiders than my mom, thankfully). He explains to me that black widows aren't that dangerous and only bite people when threatened (a google search done a few years later told me that the poison can actually be fatal to children...made me really glad that they weren't pissed off enough to bite me). Even though I got away without anything happening, the damage was done and I've been terrified of the little spawns of satan ever since. Thankfully I don't live in Australia though, if I ever saw a spider that size anywhere near me, I'd burn the damn house down.
Not really sure our spiders deserve the flak they get.
No one in Australia has died from a spider bite since 1979. Anti-venom is readily available at hospitals and a lot bites aren't even envenomating.
Funnel webs are pretty rare in Sydney suburban areas and as long as you remember to check inside your shoes before you put them on and don't go digging in the yard without gloves you will avoid them.
Redbacks are bloody everywhere but they're kinda shy. White tails are the real pain in the arse 'cause they like to explore and tend to wander into your house at night.
That said, I've been bitten by Redbacks and once by a white tail spider. The Redback bites made me a slightly nauseated. The white tail just left an itchy bump. Kinda painful though.
Also, spiders are natures fly swatters. I like to keep a few webs set up outside under the roofing just so I can read out there in peace and quiet without having to constantly swat away flies.