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woodsprite

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26. As much as I hate them, I actually drummed up the courage to pet a tarantula

Reply to onecent (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 03:02 PM

May 2013

over the weekend. Just it's butt, and it was on someone else's hand, but I still did it. My daughter was livid thinking my husband dared me. It wasn't that. There was a 10yo girl there and she was like "Oooohhh, can I pet it." I was thinking if she could do it, than this 50yo woman could also.

Really silky hair. I was surprised.

However, if one ever showed up in my home, I'd be hunting the largest shoe or can of Raid I could find. We have mainly wolf spiders and "charlottes" (I don't know what they're really called, but they look like Charlotte on Charlotte's Web.). We also have some black/yellow garden spiders and a range of spikey black/white spiders (I call them funny butt spiders.).

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Chris Christie killed a spider and PETA is pissed. [View all] onecent May 2013 OP

A spider? Buzz Clik May 2013 #1

link? pipoman May 2013 #2

sorry for not putting link....I rarely post, and keep forgetting... thanks for posting the link onecent May 2013 #5

If I find a spider in the house... Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #13

Well over half the spiders we find pipoman May 2013 #15

I leave pretty much every spider alone. Saving Hawaii May 2013 #22

I saw that earlier on HappyMe May 2013 #3

I try to keep an eye for the tiny animals on the sidewalk. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #6

I'm sorry, I don't. HappyMe May 2013 #8

Just another form of extremism. MAD Dave May 2013 #4

What makes the life of one type of animal more valuable than another? nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #7

Well, if you really want to follow that logic!!!!!! Yo_Mama May 2013 #11

What makes the life of one type of animal worth more than another type of animal? nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #12

Head lice, cockroaches, mice, rats, fleas and even most protozoans Yo_Mama May 2013 #14

My hierarchy of animal life is completely arbitrary. ZombieHorde May 2013 #19

PETA is just... *facepalm* sakabatou May 2013 #9

That spider, had it lived, might have gone on to kill innocent flies. Nye Bevan May 2013 #10

Christie couldn't buy advertising this good. Thanks, PETA. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #16

The actual comment from Peta seemed pretty mild Marrah_G May 2013 #17

And one other thing... Marrah_G May 2013 #18

Misleading headlines from haters whatchamacallit May 2013 #20

Christie's an amateur. rug May 2013 #21

That fly's been there since 2004. Saving Hawaii May 2013 #24

PETA are such hypocrits. Sheepshank May 2013 #23

Spiders are dead if I see one in my bedroom quinnox May 2013 #25

As much as I hate them, I actually drummed up the courage to pet a tarantula woodsprite May 2013 #26