I had a good chuckle when I saw this video the other day. Many years ago I had one of those creepy buggers drop down on me from the ceiling while I was lying in bed....dont know who moved faster, me or the spider. Not sure if these are found in the US or elsewhere in the word but its also not a good idea to squash them, they make an ungodly mess.
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Post by Banana Boat on Feb 1, 2021 10:13:04 GMT -7
Many years ago, probably 40, I had what we call an earwig fall on my forehead in the middle of the night. I screamed and jumped, startled my husband so much he screamed and jumped. I would not go back to bed until he checked every corner in the house.
I left my house, with a dog following me closely and went straight to my parents place, this happened about a month after we had moved into our house. I came home from one of the rare times I went to the gym, and the first thing I see as I entered the living room was this hideous dark thing moving around the living room floor. I screamed, dropped my bag, dog came running (thankfully we didn't have the more curious one of the two lovable fools) I nearly tripped over Zig and he followed me out. I called my husband and I didn't get back into the house until I believed he had checked all corners, crooks, cranny.
I rather hang out with my older brothers reptiles than face a spider. I don't like his lizards, or the boas but I would rather face them instead.
A product of its time, it's very vintage now. But definitely a product of its time. Though the price of the microwave.. ouch, though he could afford it.
One thing I sometimes do is pick a random place around the world and spend a few days learning about it online. Read some of the history, look up photos or sightseeing places, conservation efforts and animals, etc. I check for PBS, BBC, Natural Geographic, etc. mentions. It's purely curiosity and a personal knowledge that my world geography game is pretty bad. Lol. An easy way to start is pick a country. You can narrow down places within a country later. I was just looking at the 2020 rank of countries by population and decided to share. You know, in case you get really really bored and can't find any drying paint to watch.
That image of all the spiders is creepy, I'd scream and get the spray but most (not all) Australians are pretty casual about living with local wildlife, even spiders. We learn as we grow up how to avoid the nasties, and what to really avoid - snakes and funnel web spiders. A few years ago, a group of 16 young people from USA and Canada stayed with me for a few weeks. Sydney has lots of bushy suburbs filled with local wildlife, so lizards, snakes, very noisy birds, spiders, bush rats, possums are all common. Some can kill but few people actually die, thankfully.
My guests were told about what to do and what to look for - don't leave shoes outside, and always check before putting them. Sort of everyday actions for us but they were terrified. Gave me a different view of our country! However late last year, a neighbour's dog died from brown snake bite, they are super dangerous. Last month my son was on 2nd floor of our unit, put his shoes on and found a huntsman spider 'sleeping' in one. He threw the shoe across the room, the spider escaped and he found it 2 weeks later sleeping on a shirt in his wardrobe. eek!