We had recently moved into our new home, when I saw what I believed to be a fake tarantula on the floor. I congratulated my husband on the good gag, but then it moved. I suspected the former owner’s son lost his pet which precipitated the move.
Tarantulas are harmless and gentle. They avoid confrontation when possible. If one does bite in self-defense, the bite is about equivalent to a bee sting. The best way to treat a tarantula in your home is to carry it in a container (a wastebasket is good) to a vacant lot and turn it loose.
Tarantulas in general aren’t a big deal. They are indeed poisenous, but then to one degree or another so are all spiders I believe. I’ve watched Tarantulas on the hunt in the Texas Hill Country and they are actually rather pretty, and harmless to pretty much anything but their natural prey.
Yakety Sax 3 months ago
Eight legged freaks……………………….(Personally, I like spiders)
John Lustig (Last Kiss) creator 3 months ago
Uh oh…
eced52 3 months ago
Cruz is having a panic attack, and Gracie is just panicking.
PaulLeckner 3 months ago
Check Renfeld’s lunch box. He went from eating flies to spiders.
sueb1863 3 months ago
Well, maybe if you’d kept him in something sturdier than a shoe box…
AlanWilson 3 months ago
Time to move out.
JanskiD 3 months ago
We had recently moved into our new home, when I saw what I believed to be a fake tarantula on the floor. I congratulated my husband on the good gag, but then it moved. I suspected the former owner’s son lost his pet which precipitated the move.
raptor 3 months ago
Scary looking yes, but harmless cause they can’t bite us. Which is one of the reasons they are used in movies. Some people have them as pets.
Denver Reader Premium Member 3 months ago
It’s tarantula migration time!
goboboyd 3 months ago
So much for the Schrödinger’s tarantula conundrum.
ladykat 3 months ago
EEEEK!
MuddyUSA Premium Member 3 months ago
Cruz knows where it is…..
ThreeDogDad Premium Member 3 months ago
I think this is how one of my favorite 1950s sci-fi giant tarantula movies began.
jrankin1959 3 months ago
Oopsie…
mepowell 3 months ago
Tarantulas are harmless and gentle. They avoid confrontation when possible. If one does bite in self-defense, the bite is about equivalent to a bee sting. The best way to treat a tarantula in your home is to carry it in a container (a wastebasket is good) to a vacant lot and turn it loose.
locake 3 months ago
I thought the spider was on Baldo’s back, the way Cruz is looking at his back.
Curiosity Premium Member 3 months ago
Tarantulas in general aren’t a big deal. They are indeed poisenous, but then to one degree or another so are all spiders I believe. I’ve watched Tarantulas on the hunt in the Texas Hill Country and they are actually rather pretty, and harmless to pretty much anything but their natural prey.
Aladar30 Premium Member 3 months ago
I think tia Carmen will be out of the strip for a loooooong time.
Shikamoo Premium Member 3 months ago
Tia Carmen may never come home.
chain gang charlie 3 months ago
I was stationed in Japan in the early 60’s…
I had a “house on the beach” as did many a Sailor.
I heard rumors about “giant spiders” but Never saw one….
I drank as much as any Sailor Could, But never had the “DT’S”…
Never went on a “Snipe Hunt” either….
emiesty2 3 months ago
Remember the saying: "If it bites you and you get sick, it’s venomous.
“If you bite it and you get sick, it’s poisonous.”
Cactus-Pete 3 months ago
I think you mean species, not breed.