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Jeffery · #51 04-14-2010, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Connie Star

That is a funny story. But, the really big ones aren't poisonous. I'll have to post a photo of my hubby with the biggest tarantula he's ever had.

He's older and grayer now, but just as lovable

Oohh my God!! That thing is hideous, I have 2 phobias, spiders and bats other than that I am tough as nails. I don't like rats either

nibbler · #52 04-15-2010, 05:59 AM

Thats three phobia's - I think your counting technique for orchids is coming in to other aspects of your life...... "No sweet heart I only count twenty Orchids..... not twenty five. I dont know where you are getting that number from!"

I do think you are right about Orchid people being in good relationships. Maybe its because they have an external focus, maybe its because they have the ability to find beauty in the smallest things (literally). They joy I felt when I found new roots on my Phal...... he got fed a good dinner that night!

Connie Star · #53 04-15-2010, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Tropicgirl

AWESOME spider pic! What kind of spider is that? I have a salmon birdeater right now but I've had so many others in the past. None as big as that one!

I think the key to our happy marriages could be those orchids. The orchids keep us happy and if we're happy then they're happy. Of course, when me and my husband get into a fight, I usually get an orchid instead of cut flowers. Smart man.

Hubby says the spider is a Theraphosa blondi. It's also a "bird eater". In fact he once fed it a frog- a rare instance of an invertebrate eating a vertebrate!

Connie Star · #54 04-15-2010, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffery

Oohh my God!! That thing is hideous, I have 2 phobias, spiders and bats other than that I am tough as nails. I don't like rats either

Okay- my phobias are sharks - understandable, but I would never want to see one killed, and HORSES. I know that second one is weird, but to quote a friend who shared my fear of them, "anything that big, that strong, and that stupid has got to be dangerous." The phobia comes from a farm hand of my grandfathers who terrorized us with stories about what horses would do to us- he enjoyed scaring children, the meanie.

nibbler · #55 04-16-2010, 05:15 AM

I am terrified of Velvet

..... horses are slightly less embarrassing to say.

Tropicgirl · #56 04-16-2010, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Connie Star

Hubby says the spider is a Theraphosa blondi. It's also a "bird eater". In fact he once fed it a frog- a rare instance of an invertebrate eating a vertebrate!

Very cool! I had a goliath bird eater in the past and currently have a salmon bird eater that will be looking for a new home soon. Found out the hard way that I am allergic to her hairs and she's a bad flicker. Just thinking about it makes me itchy!

Jeffery · #57 04-17-2010, 12:02 AM

whats a bird eater? will its not like I wanted it dead, I just wanted to do my buisness and I surely wasen't with that thing lurking in the tank... I kill spiders, when you have black widows behind the headboard on your bed or inside your dresser drawers, its time to defend your territory, I don't have it in totally for bugs, I saved the life of 2 praying mantis, now thats a cool bug, I saved 1 from my brothers foot and 1 at work that got inside the building.

Tropicgirl · #58 04-19-2010, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffery

whats a bird eater? will its not like I wanted it dead, I just wanted to do my buisness and I surely wasen't with that thing lurking in the tank... I kill spiders, when you have black widows behind the headboard on your bed or inside your dresser drawers, its time to defend your territory, I don't have it in totally for bugs, I saved the life of 2 praying mantis, now thats a cool bug, I saved 1 from my brothers foot and 1 at work that got inside the building.

A bird eater is the common name for a specific group of spiders that get large enough to eat a bird. I think I would have been uncomfortable in your situation also. The only bugs on my "kill on sight" list are fire ants. I don't hate many things but I HATE fire ants!

nibbler · #59 04-19-2010, 06:24 PM

Whats a fire ant? I saw them on CSI Las Vegas but I dont actually know what they are? Why do you hate them?

I am frightened of earwigs, woodlice, centipides and silverfish.

Jeffery · #60 04-19-2010, 10:35 PM

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Whats a fire ant? I saw them on CSI Las Vegas but I dont actually know what they are? Why do you hate them?

I am frightened of earwigs, woodlice, centipides and silverfish.

I believe those ants have stingers like bee's, but they don't lose them and can sting you over and over, besides give you a good bite you won't forget for awhile.

Thats really bad a spider big enough to eat a bird, I love song birds, rather see nothing eatting them