i don't understand people hate spiders. personally, i'm scared of animals that actually have killed like big dogs:pitbulls, rotweillers, etc.spiders are so small and cute. with their cute eight eyes.


wait i'm pretty sure spiders have killed people..
i'm just saying big dogs make me more anxious than spiders.
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i don't understand people hate spiders. personally, i'm scared of animals that actually have killed like big dogs:pitbulls, rotweillers, etc.spiders are so small and cute. with their cute eight eyes.

spiders freak me out, ok anything that crawls, gross

missmad said:

Places to see before I die:

Italy
Israel/Palestine
China
Australia
Benin
Brazil...

Byron!

I'll take spiders over cockroaches almost always.

I know spiders can be more of a threat to my life but they're just not as gross!

Spiders can be quite beautiful in a way -- can you say the same about the roaches?!

Diva said:

http://www.timesonline.co...231301.ece



Australia is known around the world for its large and deadly creepy crawlies, but even locals have been shocked by the size of the giant venomous spiders that have invaded an Outback town in Queensland.

Scores of eastern tarantulas, which are known as "bird-eating spiders" and can grow larger than the palm of a man’s hand, have begun crawling out from gardens and venturing into public spaces in Bowen, a coastal town about 700 miles northwest of Brisbane.

Earlier this week locals spotted an Australian tarantula wandering towards a public garden in the centre of town where people often sit for lunch. They called in a pest controller, but not before using a can of insect spray to paralyse the spider.

Audy Geiszler, who runs Amalgamated Pest Control in Bowen, said that the spider was a large male with powerful long fangs and was so big that when he placed it - dead - in the palm of his hand its legs hung over his fingers.

Mr Geiszler said that he had been inundated with calls from worried locals reporting sightings of the giant tarantulas, which have been pushed out of their natural habitat over the past month by heavy, unseasonal rain.

While not deadly like other Australian spiders, the eastern tarantulas are venomous and can grow up to 6cm (2.4in) long with a leg span of 16cm (6.3in). Despite their common name, they do not eat birds, but can kill a dog with one bite, and make a human very sick.

They are also known as whistling or barking spiders for the hissing noise they emit when they are disturbed or aggravated at close range.

sinisterpentatonic said:

lol -- see what I'm saying!!! Yuck Yuck and more yuck!

Diva said:

I'm sorry but I hate roaches, crickets and giant spiders but THIS thing sends me wayyyyy over the edge.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Okay. That. Is. Gross.

baroque said:

For the most part I realize it's an irrational fear, but it's a phobia. I can't help it. We used to have black widows all over when I lived in Mississippi. Those things freaked me out. My dad was bitten by a brown recluse and that rotted his flesh. They just freak me out. Not just spiders, but bugs, bees, etc.

I'm getting the heebie jeebies just thinking about it.

RobynC said:

I FREAK OUT WHEN I SEE THIS BUG. It's known by very different names. Potato Bug, Jerusalem Beatle (or something like that).

I've only seen 2 in my lifetime. That's 2 too many.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

hahaha, it looks like it was created in a lab...from a roach and some other insect....like a hybrid.

:bark bark:

peacenlovealways said:

Theres a website dedicated to this bug. The stories on there are HILARIOUS. A lot of people think these bugs come from outer space. Hahha!!!

http://www.potatobugs.com/

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I have zero desire to click on that link.



I think I'd actually rather deal with these...

missmad said:

I think I'd actually rather deal with these...

RobynC said:

hahahahaahaahahah!!!!!