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(39,343 posts)Oh, and a tarrantula.
mimi85
(1,805 posts)I really needed it today!
panader0
(25,816 posts)I haven't had many around here this year. Don't know why, I usually have dozens of sightings.
mimi85
(1,805 posts)Kali
(55,027 posts)this guy is out a bit late, though. I think.
Skittles
(153,261 posts)Kali
(55,027 posts)scorpions too. she is so protective of me
mnhtnbb
(31,412 posts)Kali
(55,027 posts)sometimes they will startle and run when you are handling them and fall. it can damage them. but I have never seen one jump up off the ground or out of a container or anything.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Yucky thing!
they don't bother me at all, and yet I freak out if I see a caterpillar.
marzipanni
(6,011 posts)Billie came from a ranch in Arizona and was supposedly Australian Shepherd and Dingo.
Once I was at my cousin's parents' house and pulled the leaf catching basket from over the bottom drain of the pool. A very large black coiled millipede, stretched out it would be 10" long, with two rows of a gazillion little legs, was in the basket with some leaves.
I dumped it out on the deck and Billie approached with great caution. She watched it intently, coming a little closer to sniff but wound like a watch spring in case she had to back off quickly. She circled, staring at it, intermittently scraping near it with a front paw to gauge its danger level. It had drowned, and after careful inspection Billie determined it was not dangerous and walked away.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)It was obvious the critter had...self-impeded.
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)Kali
(55,027 posts)it seemed to want to go in so I opened the screen door for it. we get all kinds of things in the house. a wandering tarantula doesn't bother me at all.
benld74
(9,911 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)LOL
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)The nose knows.
Paulie
(8,462 posts)Typical.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Paulie
(8,462 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)WhiteAndNerdy
(365 posts)My first pet was a very large Mexican red-knee tarantula.