The Bible says the spider is one of the wisest creatures to walk the Earth. They live in "Kings castles".
Found a Pet in My New Basement
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Man, warn a guy next time 
. I too have a deep phobia of spiders. I know it's irrational but it's there. I also have a fear of earwigs but that's a story for another time.
. I too have a deep phobia of spiders. I know it's irrational but it's there. I also have a fear of earwigs but that's a story for another time.
Had a pet spider when I was young just out of grad school in a studio apartment. It wasn't quite that big, but she lived above the sliding door
that served as the front door, and minded her own business. She was a pet until a move or two later, I was able to have a more traditional
pet. I don't feel all that cozy about spiders and snakes, but the non-venomous ones are good pest control. A good black snake in a barn
is a good neighbor. No telling how many rodents and other problems she or he will gobble up while you're sleeping. Yum-yum.
that served as the front door, and minded her own business. She was a pet until a move or two later, I was able to have a more traditional
pet. I don't feel all that cozy about spiders and snakes, but the non-venomous ones are good pest control. A good black snake in a barn
is a good neighbor. No telling how many rodents and other problems she or he will gobble up while you're sleeping. Yum-yum.
Mso, if I ever have a barn I'm definitely keeping a snake in that sucker, and it will be awesome.
Yes. I can't really explain it either though but on the was back from the Thai boarder, we stopped by Spidertown again and this time, we did let live ones crawl all over us. I had to face this fear and it was so dang icky. You could feel their weight, very light yet they felt solid. I could only handle about 20 seconds of this.
@Zo: I couldn't handle more than twenty seconds either, but in that time they would make their way to your face. Plus, they can jump. More points deducted. I was raised vegetarian, so even eating steak is a little hard for me, but I'm trying to cross off as many of the animals I was taught were a sin to eat as I can. Long road to spiders though!
I'm willing to bet that even insects can feel love as they are a form of life. Wouldn't be surprised if the crazy people that say plants can feel a rudimentary form of love might be right too...but I still have my first squirrel in the freezer my brother-in-law plans to mount one day.
@OP madman: Give us a report later on whether you can establish any kind of relationship with your creepy spider!
I'm willing to bet that even insects can feel love as they are a form of life. Wouldn't be surprised if the crazy people that say plants can feel a rudimentary form of love might be right too...but I still have my first squirrel in the freezer my brother-in-law plans to mount one day.
@OP madman: Give us a report later on whether you can establish any kind of relationship with your creepy spider!
My son has a very large tarantula that was "gifted" to him by a friend who was deathly scared of spiders. It was given to the friend as a birthday gag gift.
Anyway, my son has had the thing since he was in kindergarten and he is about to turn 20 yrs old.
the Spider has to be at least 14 yrs old.
Anyway, my son has had the thing since he was in kindergarten and he is about to turn 20 yrs old.
the Spider has to be at least 14 yrs old.
We found this big boy in our pool 2 years ago...you never know what you'll find in your back yard in S Louisiana
I would move. I hate spiders, rather, they scare the heck out of me. I usually scream like a little girl when I come across one. I am a big dude, too. The wife usually ends up laughing her ass off as she removes the spider for me.
Apropos of the gator by the swimming pool, my uncle had a gator living in his pond at a house on the
Callosahatchee River in Florida. They fed it, big mistake, and one time when he was offering it a stale
loaf of bread, the gator eased up and closed down on his arm. It was a long standoff until my uncle
could withdraw his arm. About his local vultures, when my uncle would drag carcasses of deer and
cattle to the back forty, he said, the vultures have never let me down; that is, they cleaned up nicely.
Callosahatchee River in Florida. They fed it, big mistake, and one time when he was offering it a stale
loaf of bread, the gator eased up and closed down on his arm. It was a long standoff until my uncle
could withdraw his arm. About his local vultures, when my uncle would drag carcasses of deer and
cattle to the back forty, he said, the vultures have never let me down; that is, they cleaned up nicely.
Lol ... it's funny that these tiny, harmless creatures can evoke such fear.
That's a cool friend you found there organizedman! It's not a Wolf Spider though. It's a Giant House Spider and is not poisonous or harmful to humans. If you let him run loose in the basement you'll have less small insects. These and the Praying Mantis are natures "bug zappers"! We had several of each last year living indoors. It was a bad Cranefly year and they did a great job of keeping up with them.
Here's some good info: http://www.burkemuseum.org/spidermyth/myths/insidewolf.html
That's a cool friend you found there organizedman! It's not a Wolf Spider though. It's a Giant House Spider and is not poisonous or harmful to humans. If you let him run loose in the basement you'll have less small insects. These and the Praying Mantis are natures "bug zappers"! We had several of each last year living indoors. It was a bad Cranefly year and they did a great job of keeping up with them.
Here's some good info: http://www.burkemuseum.org/spidermyth/myths/insidewolf.html
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