tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post387660824878966221..comments2023-12-24T07:02:43.274+08:00Comments on Catalogue of Organisms: Tarantulas sans TarantellaChristopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-82072789867402587752009-12-18T18:48:26.807+11:002009-12-18T18:48:26.807+11:00Dear friend,
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I lived for three years at Death Valley and then five more at Grand Canyon. We (the kids) looked forward to late spring. Why? Because that's then the tarantula boys went out looking to get some.<BR/><BR/>We would capture a tarantula (small (2-3 inches across), brown and furry) and convince Mom to take us to the Visitor Center (at Death Valley it was a couple mile drive, but at the canyon we could walk). We then entered the visitor centre and enjoyed the shocked expressions and screams of terror (and the occasional shout of glee) directed toward the tarantula on my shoulder.<BR/><BR/>The rangers at the front desk knew us (or knew OF us) and would (as the Park Service is so fond of saying) sieze the interpretive moment and give a short, impromptu talk about the spiders and why they were all wandering around (sex), how dangerous they were (not very (I rate the bite just above a sweat bee but far below a bald faced hornet)), and why they should not be picked up except by people with lots of experience (at which point the ranger would introduce us as NPSBs (National Park Service Brats)). <BR/><BR/>I have lived back east since the late 70s and miss the annual tarantula orgies.<BR/><BR/>Again, thanks for the good memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-1612435002328297902008-02-19T21:29:00.000+08:002008-02-19T21:29:00.000+08:00I'm probably arguing semantics, but although every...I'm probably arguing semantics, but although everyone I know would say I was an arachnophobe, but I don't consider it to be a fear as much as an abject repulsion. I don't think the spider is going to eat me, but I am disgusted by the thought of it crawling all over me, and I suspect I would feel the same way about any arthropod of a similar size.<BR/><BR/>However, my husband is terrified of wasps. It's not the ick factor, it's not that they make his flesh crawl, it's unadulterated terror. And the main difference is that I can be in the same room as a gigantic house spider (unless it's the bedroom), but Paul cannot be within audible distance of a wasp, and certainly not a hornet.<BR/><BR/>My odd "but why aren't you afraid of them?" thing is snakes. No fear of snakes whatsoever, other than when I'm on a horse, because I know a horse is not going to make a rational backing-away-from-the-rattler movement but rather will throw me down that very steep hill.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-5500195363015839392008-02-19T15:05:00.000+08:002008-02-19T15:05:00.000+08:00I was once told a story by a woman who works on sp...I was once told a story by a woman who works on spiders in the US of going into a cave and finding a particularly massive conglomeration of Opiliones (opilionids can form clusters of up to several thousand individuals) which icked her out so much she fled the cave.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-38417765336067320552008-02-19T14:59:00.000+08:002008-02-19T14:59:00.000+08:00i know someone who worked on spiders but simply ca...i know someone who worked on spiders but simply can't abide by opilionids.budakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693717163007410639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-11460458580333983602008-02-19T14:09:00.000+08:002008-02-19T14:09:00.000+08:00Tarantulas terrify me, yet I am fascinated by them...Tarantulas terrify me, yet I am fascinated by them. My cousin had a BIG pet tarantula, and I was petrified when he picked it up. I could see those massive fangs a mile away. <BR/><BR/>I didn't know there existed a MORE primitive brand of spider--I'll have to look those critters up. I always learn something new at Catalogue of Organisms!Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692080707969333711noreply@blogger.com