And all the time I was thinking: "Damn you humanity for killing the planet!!!"
When actually I should thank you for making sure I die a non-enormous-spider-death.

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I just threw up in my mouth a little.

spiders hear with hairs on there legs I also don't think spiders have evolved in the same way as many mammals especially pack mammals and mammals that have mothers that look after them , making it pretty much totally pointless talking to them.

I suggest adding "tarantula" to the tags, 'cause that's what I'm gonna search for if I want my girlfriend to stop bugging me.

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>> ^Mcboinkens:

Also, if anyone was wondering why he kept apologizing for letting the spider climb up the wall, tarantulas are quite vulnerable to falls, especially when they are in a position where there abdomen hits the floor first. It can crack, which is lethal in most cases. That's part of the reason why they stay on ground level, often in some type of burrow.


Thank you.

Now for the rest of my life I'll have the knowledge that looking at the walls for spiders is only going to get my feet bitten.

Love spiders. Coolest damn animals on the planet.

BIG DAMN BUG!

You can do the same with ants. Just don't make it bite/sting you.

I have a Smithi and it's the most skittish, aggressive, hair-flicking spider I've ever owned. I can't imagine a Blondi with the same traits.

Wow....I need a bigger shoe.

Full fledgedly.

My dad has like 60-some tarantulas. At least one T. Blondi, that I know of. Still, this one's a big sucker, and I can't help but be reminded of Starship Troopers when watching this...

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It's a Zerg, Sarge.

I think she's kinda cute.

Is it just me or is she pretty fast for a tarantula?

Oh, wow. So ummm ya. cool. No way in hell is that getting anywhere near me. I propose 2 days of carpet bombing ending with the nuke from orbit.

>> ^westy:

spiders hear with hairs on there legs I also don't think spiders have evolved in the same way as many mammals especially pack mammals and mammals that have mothers that look after them , making it pretty much totally pointless talking to them.


I tend to think when people talk to animals, they're really just talking to themselves, like repeating a mantra. Treating the spider like he would a child may even remove stress and fear, making him able to do this.

>> ^Ryjkyj:

Is it just me or is she pretty fast for a tarantula?


It's just you. That thing is way faster than this when it wants to be. Most tarantulas are quite quick when they feel like it.

>> ^poolcleaner:

>> ^westy:
spiders hear with hairs on there legs I also don't think spiders have evolved in the same way as many mammals especially pack mammals and mammals that have mothers that look after them , making it pretty much totally pointless talking to them.

I tend to think when people talk to animals, they're really just talking to themselves, like repeating a mantra. Treating the spider like he would a child may even remove stress and fear, making him able to do this.


And if they can "hear" with the hair on their legs, she can probably feel the vibration of his voice, I guess.

Great title! I think that was the purpose of the final Atlantis mission.

FYI. No one has been known to die from a tarantula bite.
AMazing seeing how big they are. How much noise they make,