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Only if it´s a mutated spider, I´d let it bite me and after gaining my super powers I´d start robbing banks. :P
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sunshinecorp: You know what I'd rather find in my bath? Two girls washing each other.
Granted, they don´t have to be attractive though, right?
Post edited April 16, 2016 by NuffCatnip
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NuffCatnip: Only if it´s a mutated spider, I´d let it bite me and after gaining my super powers I´d start robbing banks. :P
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sunshinecorp: You know what I'd rather find in my bath? Two girls washing each other.
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NuffCatnip: Granted, they don´t have to be attractive though, right?
Glad you asked. Yes they do have to be attractive. And legal.
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NuffCatnip: Only if it´s a mutated spider, I´d let it bite me and after gaining my super powers I´d start robbing banks. :P

Granted, they don´t have to be attractive though, right?
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sunshinecorp: Yes they do have to be attractive. .
Oooops! Too late, I already send them your way! >:)
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sunshinecorp: Yes they do have to be attractive. .
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NuffCatnip: Oooops! Too late, I already send them your way! >:)
I won't sign for them.
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NuffCatnip: Oooops! Too late, I already send them your way! >:)
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sunshinecorp: I won't sign for them.
If you won´t take them, how are they supposed to get out of the crate?
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Fairfox: Would you rescue it? Would you drown it? Would you smash it with your shoe? Or fist? Or forehead?

Would you name it? Would you pet it? Would you love it?

How are you with creepy-crawlies? Do you shriek and stand on a chair, hands waving, or are you nonplussed? Does it come down to shape and size, and type? Are you fine with money spiders but don't like the long-legged self-aware mofos? Is that a bit mean?

That last-but-one sentence is me. Possibly some others in there too, but then there were a few sentences, so, y'know, mystery!
Yup. I'd rather have a few spiders than a lot of bugs.
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sunshinecorp: I won't sign for them.
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NuffCatnip: If you won´t take them, how are they supposed to get out of the crate?
Ask Tauto. He was in a crate recently.
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Fairfox: Would you rescue it? Would you drown it? Would you smash it with your shoe? Or fist? Or forehead?

Would you name it? Would you pet it? Would you love it?

How are you with creepy-crawlies? Do you shriek and stand on a chair, hands waving, or are you nonplussed? Does it come down to shape and size, and type? Are you fine with money spiders but don't like the long-legged self-aware mofos? Is that a bit mean?

That last-but-one sentence is me. Possibly some others in there too, but then there were a few sentences, so, y'know, mystery!
I am afraid of spiders, so I would be more likely to run out of the room, screaming and naked, than to rescue it! LOL
Very interesting topic!

Where I am daddy log legs are crane flies. Daddy long legs spiders are insects, not spiders (6 legs=harvestman). I can't stand them either. The noise of them drives me insane with fear, especially when they are flapping around my bedroom light, casting huge shadows combined with the buzzing- it is terrifying for me!

Do I rescue spiders?

I will always try to rescue spiders and bees.

I will rescue any size of bee, even the massive ones, however long it takes me to do it (very long time for the big ones, I am mortally scared of all insects, the size scales my fear)

Curiously enough, I will exterminate wasps on site even though they are like spiders in that they prey on other insect pests. But I have had bad experiences with wasps in their swarm state and they also sting out of pure badness.

I will only rescue spiders up to a certain size though. They scare the bejezuss out of me even when small, and I will not entertain trying to catch one of those big bastards that runs around the floor with the speed of a thoroughbred horse! PS flushing a spider may not work. They are able to withstand and crawl back up, they are not much good at climbing high porceline though.

Also, just wanted to say as it seemed uncertain in earlier posts, it is true that almost all spiders are venomous, but most have fangs to small to penetrate human skin. The fast ones that hunt on the hoof just scare me by pace alone!
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JMich: Wouldn't that be venomous?
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Marioface5: Something that is venomous is, by definition, poisonous. However, not everything that is poisonous is venomous. It's like how all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
The terms are often wrongly applied.

Poison refers to ingestion, while venom is usually applied by insertion, usually by breaking the skin.
Spiders are fine bees No, just no.
Someone else can remove them i wimp out.
Post edited April 17, 2016 by DampSquib
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Marioface5: Something that is venomous is, by definition, poisonous. However, not everything that is poisonous is venomous. It's like how all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
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lazydog: The terms are often wrongly applied.

Poison refers to ingestion, while venom is usually applied by insertion, usually by breaking the skin.
That's not accurate though. If you look up the definition for both terms, you'll find that poison is pretty general while venom is a more specific type of poison. Again, it's like rectangles and squares. You can have poison that isn't venom, but venom is a type of poison.

For example, let's look at the first definition each term has on merriam-webster:

Poison: "a substance that can cause people or animals to die or to become very sick if it gets into their bodies especially by being swallowed"

Venom: "poison that is produced by an animal (such as a snake) and used to kill or injure another animal usually through biting or stinging"
Post edited April 17, 2016 by Marioface5
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lazydog: Very interesting topic!

Where I am daddy log legs are crane flies. Daddy long legs spiders are insects, not spiders (6 legs=harvestman). I can't stand them either. The noise of them drives me insane with fear, especially when they are flapping around my bedroom light, casting huge shadows combined with the buzzing- it is terrifying for me!

Do I rescue spiders?

I will always try to rescue spiders and bees.

I will rescue any size of bee, even the massive ones, however long it takes me to do it (very long time for the big ones, I am mortally scared of all insects, the size scales my fear)

Curiously enough, I will exterminate wasps on site even though they are like spiders in that they prey on other insect pests. But I have had bad experiences with wasps in their swarm state and they also sting out of pure badness.
It is actually, funny to see various people's reaction to different insects. And how many people seem to have some kind of insect or arachnid phobia...

For me I mainly dislike daddy long legs / crane flys because they fly at you. Blue bottles and other buzzy flies are annoying but at least they generally just buzz about the room. Daddy long legs and moths (my other hate) actually fly towards you and flutter about you. I know neither of them can do me any harm, and I wouldn't actually say I'm afraid of them. I just finds them disgusting and hate them..

I will always rescue bees, particularly bumble bees as I love them (the bigger the better for me, I think they are cute). I once rescued a huge bumble bee from drowning in a tub of water outside, dried it off and fed it some honey. Another giant one flew into the kitchen once and we captured it in a glass to release outside but it got so pissed off it started attacking the glass so we had to give it a few minutes before we released it...

I'm probably one of the few people who quite likes wasps, wary of them sure because they sting, but I will always try capture them and release them outside instead of killing them.
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NuffCatnip: If you won´t take them, how are they supposed to get out of the crate?
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sunshinecorp: Ask Tauto. He was in a crate recently.
I´d rather not. :D
I must say I try to rescue any kind of living creature and have done so many times, be it a spider, a cockroach, a slug, or even insects or bugs. Unless they fell on another´s creature trap, in that case I take the animal researcher approach and not intervene....................that applies to humans too :D.......................the before mentioned is voided if I have any emotional link to the creature.