A friend of my parents used to keep one and let me play with it when I was a kid.
Should it have been milked for venom to avoid being dangerous?
Seeing as they kept it in a lunch box and were smelly hippies I don't think they were doing that.
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Thu 1 Nov 2012, 15:29,
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Seeing as they kept it in a lunch box and were smelly hippies I don't think they were doing that.
if it was a mexican red-knee, then no
their fangs are too small for them to bite us, the only real danger they pose is from an allergic reaction to the hairs they shed on you to irritate you if they're frightened or angry.
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I thought they could bite, but no worse than a wasp or bee sting?
Our school used to have one. We were warned against rubbing our eyes after touching it because of the irritant hairs.
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Ah that's ok then.
Tru-fax i've been bitten by a spider on the tube and didn't get super-powers.
I felt slightly cheated.
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Thu 1 Nov 2012, 15:45,
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I felt slightly cheated.
Life must be hard for a spider on the Underground.
How do you avoid everyone's gaze when you have 8 eyes all pointing in slightly different directions? Must be a geometric nightmare.
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He was one of them foreign types that haven't learnt the social etiquette needed to avoid being stabbed on public transport.
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I'd love to have a tarantula.
Though I imagine to maintain their tanks, etc, must cost a bit of money.
It supposedly does for reptiles, not sure about arachnids.
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It supposedly does for reptiles, not sure about arachnids.
not really
my ex, who gave me the spider, got a special deal. twenty quid for the baby spider, tank and heat mat, with a bag of crickets thrown in. that's all you need, except for a water-soaked ball of tissue for them to slurp on.
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Hmm, sounds reasonable!
Though it'd be a while till I can get one, or the landlord'd kick off.
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Thu 1 Nov 2012, 16:32,
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In my experience Landlords don't get bothered about spiders
or mice, beetles, strange wobbly things with more legs than a football team....
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