They had some of those immobilising one's on CSI. The killer used them to track the sleepers body heat and the bite them.He
These are the kinds of spiders I dislike the most. There's nothing remotely attractive about them. They're just ugly and scary. I've spent a lot of time on the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads and would like to have seen a fen rafting spider. They, at least, are quite interesting looking critters. I'm still an arachnophobe though.
When i was growing up we had a huge one that lived behind the gas fire we called Boris
I had a couple of huge ones that lived up in the loft space and they came down into my bedroom on one or two occasions. I could actually hear them moving about, they were that frickin' big. Eventually caught them and threw them out.When i was growing up we had a huge one that lived behind the gas fire we called Boris
A young woman I worked with did this to overcome her fear. I told her that it's not an irrational fear.
I used to own two tarantulas, a Hondures Curly hair and a Chile Rose, the Chile Rose 'Rosie' was prety chilled and would let me handle her, they are very cautious and dont tend to move very quickly whilst being handled, their feet feel like velcro hooks. Whilst i was staying in the rain forest in Peru i had to remove a huge tarantula out of one of the girls who was in our groups hut before she would go in lol :spider:
As a kid, the top of the wall paper in my bedroom always seemed loose. I could hear spiders tapping their way around the room some nights. Nobody ever believed me. Some nights I'd have to switch on the light to see where they were, because if they were above the bed, I wasn't sleeping that night. They were always somewhere up near the ceiling. But, as an arachnophobe, trying to sleep in a dark room when you can hear a spider tapping across the wallpaper is nigh impossible.
I had to read the above line very carefully. It sounded like you had to perform some kind of surgery on the girl to remove the tarantula! Eek!
I like the sound of Rosie. She sounds like a cutie! When I get to hold a tarantula in my hand, I hope it will be one like her.
I inherited the Honduras Curly hair from a friend, im not sure it had a name, but it was feisty and i didnt try handling it :nails:I like the sound of Rosie. She sounds like a cutie! When I get to hold a tarantula in my hand, I hope it will be one like her.
The Honduras Curly Hair sounds good too! What did you call that one? Please tell me it was Shirley. Curly Shirley!
Haha i kept them in seperate vivariums they probably would have killed each other, i had a lot of strange pets at the time, 2 imperial scorpians, 2 fire salamanders, a sand boa a chinchilla and a cat aswell as the spiders
Wow! That was quite a little petting zoo you had there! I hope your cat was chilled around all those small moving things! I don't know how big a sand boa gets. I hope the cat and chinchilla kept a safe distance lol.
Tje sand boa was only about 8 inches long, the cat generally ignored the creatures in the tanks but her and the chinchilla used to chase each other around the flat, it was hilarious to watch, the cat would chase the chinchilla out of the room the come tearing back in being chased by the chinchilla, i wish i had a video camera at the time
When i was growing up we had a huge one that lived behind the gas fire we called Boris
Never tried handling one, but I did find that watching a lot of tarantula videos on YouTube has done a massive amount in terms of desensitisation: I've gone from being the kind of arachnophobe that would be trapped in the room if there was a spider between me and the door to actively wanting a tarantula of my own. To begin with, I wanted a Curly Hair, like @Souleater had, but then I met a Finnish guy here who invited me and my daughter to see his tarantula collection. Amongst other things, he had the most gorgeous T. vagans - beautiful red urticating hairs, and a delicate shade of pink around the carapace. To this day I am stunned at how beautiful and graceful I found it in the flesh - photos don't do it justice.
