How do spiders survive over winter in your house? Warning: Spider and centipede pics.

[jschick88]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

I have never heard that before! I have snakes and saltwater fish and inverts as well.

I have no idea why I am even asking this because I hate snakes but what kind of snakes do you have? Post pictures of them so I can be creeped out even more!!!

Actually post pictures of every kind of species you have. Kind of interesting.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Nothing is wrong with me, I like spiders and snakes and so do many people.
It also is the only thing keeping me afloat in this economy because there are zero jobs here in SW Ontario. If it wasn't for my animals my son and I would be living on the street.

Are you serious?! Holy crap, that's crazy. Spiders, I just can't handle them very well. When you look at them, they pretty much are just the spawn of pure evil and dread.

[Rifleman]

^Is this spider actually blue, or is that just someone playing with the hue/saturation in Photoshop? I have never, in my life, seen a BLUE spider, in pet stores, or even in pictures, till today. That's a beautiful creature.

[pylon]

I don't get the hate or fear of spiders? Logically if you are a afraid of spiders... you should be terrified of cars, and coke machines, and thunderstorms and any other of the thousands of things more likely to kill you in this lifetime, than a spider. They are beautiful amazing creatures, and serve a very important purpose.

Clowns on the other hand......especially those mime/clown hybrids, those deserve to be feared, and exterminated.

[FlamingStuffedTiger]

Originally Posted by Nage Waza

I swear I have a dream at least once a week where I wake up swatting these things off my bed and face (assuming those aren't pubes).

Great. Now you have me repeatedly checking to make sure these things aren't camouflaged in my pubes...

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Rifleman

^Is this spider actually blue, or is that just someone playing with the hue/saturation in Photoshop? I have never, in my life, seen a BLUE spider, in pet stores, or even in pictures, till today. That's a beautiful creature.

That is the actual colour of that spider. Tarantulas come in all kinds of patterns and colours.

[flip]

Originally Posted by pylon

I don't get the hate or fear of spiders? Logically if you are a afraid of spiders... you should be terrified of cars, and coke machines, and thunderstorms and any other of the thousands of things more likely to kill you in this lifetime, than a spider. They are beautiful amazing creatures, and serve a very important purpose.

Clowns on the other hand......especially those mime/clown hybrids, those deserve to be feared, and exterminated.

My fear of spiders has nothing to do with death. It may be an irrational fear but I assure you it isn't because I'm afraid some random house spider is going to kill me.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by flip

My fear of spiders has nothing to do with death. It may be an irrational fear but I assure you it isn't because I'm afraid some random house spider is going to kill me.

If you know its irrational, then how come you can't overcome it? Not a jab, a serious question.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by pylon

I don't get the hate or fear of spiders? Logically if you are a afraid of spiders... you should be terrified of cars, and coke machines, and thunderstorms and any other of the thousands of things more likely to kill you in this lifetime, than a spider. They are beautiful amazing creatures, and serve a very important purpose.

Clowns on the other hand......especially those mime/clown hybrids, those deserve to be feared, and exterminated.

Having a fear of something doesn't necessarily mean you are afraid of it killing you.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by jschick88

I have no idea why I am even asking this because I hate snakes but what kind of snakes do you have? Post pictures of them so I can be creeped out even more!!!

Actually post pictures of every kind of species you have. Kind of interesting.

Man, I would be here for awhile! I breed a few species of Kingsnake, cornsnake, milksnake, ect... I also harvest frags for hard and soft coral for Saltwater aquariums and by pure accident ended up with a breeding pair of seahorses as well. Seahorse fry are the hardest damn things to keep alive, I am lucky to have 5 survive out of a full birthing. My two breed like crazy though, worse then rabbits! Rather then fill this thread up with pics just go google some critters, you will be amazed at what you find for different colours. Especially cornsnakes, they have made so many morphs and hybrids it is unreal!

[pylon]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Having a fear of something doesn't necessarily mean you are afraid of it killing you.

In my books, lethality pretty much defines what to be afraid of, and what not to be. I honestly cannot think of one thing I fear, that isn't potentially fatal.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by pylon

In my books, lethality pretty much defines what to be afraid of, and what not to be. I honestly cannot think of one thing I fear, that isn't potentially fatal.

Yeah, everyone's different, I guess. It's kind of like how someone can be afraid of heights even if they are completely safe. For example, someone being afraid to stand on the glass at the Calgary Tower isn't in any danger of falling to their death, yet they're still afraid.

[frinkprof]

I can't quite recall the details, but I thought the fear of spiders was an instinct that's leftover from earlier human evolution.

For the record I appreciate spiders and their job of getting rid of the more annoying insects.. I don't have a lot of experience around the bigger ones, so I think I would be a bit scared of them at first, but would get over it after awhile.

[FlamingStuffedTiger]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Yeah, everyone's different, I guess. It's kind of like how someone can be afraid of heights even if they are completely safe. For example, someone being afraid to stand on the glass at the Calgary Tower isn't in any danger of falling to their death, yet they're still afraid.

Fear is an emotion, and emotions can be pretty wacky sometimes.

[HPLovecraft]

If you don't fear your wife as a husband, then your wife probably isn't doing a very good job. And that doesn't mean she's going to kill you, although the possibility always exists...

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by flip

My fear of spiders has nothing to do with death. It may be an irrational fear but I assure you it isn't because I'm afraid some random house spider is going to kill me.

Do you know how I got into tarantulas? I got my first one when I was 15 because growing up both my sister and I were huge arachnophobes. We would go somewhere in the car and my dad would always leave the windows down and a little spider would be inside the car and my sister and I would scream, make my dad stop the car and kill it. Then when I was 15 I saw a Costa Rican Striped Knee for sale in the local pet store and in a moment of what I thought was pure lunacy I bought it. I bought the container it was already in because no way in hell was I giving it a chance to get loose! I had to keep it in my room and I admit those first few nights were hard to sleep and my dad had to feed it the first few times but then I started feeding it and I watched it, how it spent quite a bit of time cleaning and grooming. How it would put the husk of its leftover meal always in the same corner away from it's burrow. I started to like it, it wasn't really that scary anymore. I watched a video on a guy handling a tarantula and I went for it and no problem. Then I got a different one and bought books on them and as the internet started taking off I learned more and more until I became a spider enthusiast. I got into other exotics too and worked at a store called Alternative Pets in London for 5 years. While working there I started breeding and eventually the store went under but by then I had a good stock growing and quite a few stores buying. I got out in 2000 when my son was born and I wish I never did because I was pulling in a very good living. My wife (who turned out to be a whore) insisted that I get rid of it all and I did. I have been slowly building it back up now for the past 2 years.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Do you know how I got into tarantulas? I got my first one when I was 15 because growing up both my sister and I were huge arachnophobes. We would go somewhere in the car and my dad would always leave the windows down and a little spider would be inside the car and my sister and I would scream, make my dad stop the car and kill it. Then when I was 15 I saw a Costa Rican Striped Knee for sale in the local pet store and in a moment of what I thought was pure lunacy I bought it. I bought the container it was already in because no way in hell was I giving it a chance to get loose! I had to keep it in my room and I admit those first few nights were hard to sleep and my dad had to feed it the first few times but then I started feeding it and I watched it, how it spent quite a bit of time cleaning and grooming. How it would put the husk of its leftover meal always in the same corner away from it's burrow. I started to like it, it wasn't really that scary anymore. I watched a video on a guy handling a tarantula and I went for it and no problem. Then I got a different one and bought books on them and as the internet started taking off I learned more and more until I became a spider enthusiast. I got into other exotics too and worked at a store called Alternative Pets in London for 5 years. While working there I started breeding and eventually the store went under but by then I had a good stock growing and quite a few stores buying. I got out in 2000 when my son was born and I wish I never did because I was pulling in a very good living. My wife (who turned out to be a whore) insisted that I get rid of it all and I did. I have been slowly building it back up now for the past 2 years.

Nice. Ditch the wife. Keep the snakes & spiders.

[Hemi-Cuda]

so normally when i see a spider in my condo i kill it like any normal human, but after reading this thread and all the good things spiders do, i decided to let mr. spider go on his merry way when i saw him scurrying along the floor today. but just now, as i was browsing CP, that same spider just CRAWLED ACROSS MY MOTHER*$&#($% KEYBOARD AS I WAS TYPING

the truce is off, you die the next time i can catch you

[starseed]

That is weird how you just decided to buy a tarantula. If it was not for the movie Arachnophobia, I would not be opposed to trying out having a tarantula as a pet.... but that screaming spider will always burn through any sense of curiosity.

[Flame Of Liberty]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Nice.
Ditch the wife.
Keep the snakes & spiders.

...?
Profit.