ugghh..... once i stayed in a village in northeastern India and i went into the bathroom to take a bath... and there were two HUGE spiders near the shower faucet. I was too afraid to turn on the water so I didn't bath that day.
size does NOT matter with spiders... they have 8 legs, you have two. Be grateful for the andrenal-fed glands "fight or flight" reaction because that's all that saves us! Me? I'd scream like a teenage cheerleader on helium, bat it away with whatever implement was handy and THEN run from the room.... and, yes, find a bathroom down the road from then on to use! (EW!.... and strangely cool....0,o*)
January 11, 2010
funkymonkey said...
Well, the good news is that bites members of the Sparassidae usually aren't dangerous (read: fatal). Still, probably best to leave such a beasie be, or perhaps carefully locate it to a less critical location.
That's true funkymonkey. In fact, the vast majority of spiders pose absolutely no risk at all to humans. You can get a sore red spot from a lot of them (I know from experience :p), but it's only slightly more than a handful of species that can cause actual tissue damage.
You can play with them, it's cool :p
I made a post about spider danger here, if anyone cares to read:
http://phoneutria.us/2009/12/15/lets-talk-poison/
January 11, 2010
Anonymous said...
YAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!! If I find one like that in my toilet I'll have a massive heart attack.
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Close this window Jump to comment formugghh..... once i stayed in a village in northeastern India and i went into the bathroom to take a bath... and there were two HUGE spiders near the shower faucet. I was too afraid to turn on the water so I didn't bath that day.
January 08, 2010
Argh!!!
January 08, 2010
Ah come on, look at how big and clumsy it looks... It's kind of cute. It's the golden retriever of spiders!
January 08, 2010
She's just saying hello! lol
If my poor husband saw this beauty looking at him, it'd take me a week to peel him off the ceiling.
January 08, 2010
He's adorable! I want one for my bathroom! oh wait, I share that bathroom....
January 08, 2010
Nervavels, if you had that spider, I doubt many people would WANT to share your bathroom. Even if they had to go down the street to use another one!
January 09, 2010
I think I would have to move! I would rather have a bat in my house than huge spiders.
January 09, 2010
Ironically, seeing this spider is the very thing that would make you need toilet paper.
January 09, 2010
Ooh my my...
January 10, 2010
I would run from the bathroom screaming. I don't care for spiders and especially don't like big ones!
January 10, 2010
I will never look at a roll of toilet paper the same way again.
January 10, 2010
BTW, I don't know the exact species, but from the shape of the legs I know it's a giant crab spider, the family is called Sparassidae.
January 10, 2010
size does NOT matter with spiders... they have 8 legs, you have two. Be grateful for the andrenal-fed glands "fight or flight" reaction because that's all that saves us! Me? I'd scream like a teenage cheerleader on helium, bat it away with whatever implement was handy and THEN run from the room.... and, yes, find a bathroom down the road from then on to use! (EW!.... and strangely cool....0,o*)
January 11, 2010
Well, the good news is that bites members of the Sparassidae usually aren't dangerous (read: fatal). Still, probably best to leave such a beasie be, or perhaps carefully locate it to a less critical location.
January 11, 2010
Please tell me what part of the world this photo is from so that I can relax. :)
January 11, 2010
That's true funkymonkey. In fact, the vast majority of spiders pose absolutely no risk at all to humans. You can get a sore red spot from a lot of them (I know from experience :p), but it's only slightly more than a handful of species that can cause actual tissue damage.
You can play with them, it's cool :p
I made a post about spider danger here, if anyone cares to read:
http://phoneutria.us/2009/12/15/lets-talk-poison/
January 11, 2010
YAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!! If I find one like that in my toilet I'll have a massive heart attack.
January 19, 2010
It seems Clock Spider is moving into new territories. Is nowhere safe from it's insidious mind control powers?
January 22, 2010
Translocate it "to a better location"???
Man, if I saw this thing, I'd sure "locate" it fast.... under my shoe! Wham! While the thing is still sitting up there looking at me.
January 24, 2010