I don't think you were, to be honest - the picture just turned out a bit goofy and funny. You do look much more sober on several pics taken later the same evening. Think of how incredibly drunk I look in several photos taken when I was completely sober. :)
That is awfully big for a house spider, but down here in the desert (or is that "up here"?) we have a rather large arachnid called the vinegaroon, or sun spider. It gets to be around 8 cm long, not counting the legs, which is fucking huge...but that's not the bad part.
The nasty part about sunspiders is they are aggressive - and will pursue and attack humans unless killed on sight.
Yeah, the spiders we have here are mercifully small, compared to warmer climates, and none of them are dangerous. The worst you can get is a bite that pinches or stings you a little. I can't say that I envy your scary creatures, but they're fascinating from afar... :D There is one species here that can get as large as a grown man's palm, but it's uncommon that they become as big as that.
I remember someone somewhere posting a picture from Arizona, I think it was, of a wall clock - the ordinary kind, at least ten inches across - with long spider's legs sticking out from behind it, all around the clock. That gives you perspectives.
jeeezus... I don't know if I would die of fright or just kill my self to end the suffering upon meeting one of those thingies. But this summer I've been a big girl. I actually threw out a nasty insect all on my own. Usually I put a cup with a book on top over them and call and scream at my friends to come and rescue me.
I've become used to them since we moved here a couple of years ago - there are A LOT of spiders here, and some very large ones at that. I rather appreciate them, actually; they weave pretty webs, they eat mosquitoes and other nasty insects, they do a world of good in the garden, keeping all the little bugs who feast on our roses and other flowers at bay, and they're really very harmless to us.
Still, I wouldn't want them crawling all over me. :)
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Think of how incredibly drunk I look in several photos taken when I was completely sober. :)
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Now, is that a good or a bad talent? ;>
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The nasty part about sunspiders is they are aggressive - and will pursue and attack humans unless killed on sight.
Did I mention the two-centimeter long chelicerae?
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There is one species here that can get as large as a grown man's palm, but it's uncommon that they become as big as that.
I remember someone somewhere posting a picture from Arizona, I think it was, of a wall clock - the ordinary kind, at least ten inches across - with long spider's legs sticking out from behind it, all around the clock. That gives you perspectives.
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But this summer I've been a big girl. I actually threw out a nasty insect all on my own.
Usually I put a cup with a book on top over them and call and scream at my friends to come and rescue me.
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Still, I wouldn't want them crawling all over me. :)
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At least I force myself to look at them in pictures now...it's a step
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