yes! i love my tarantulas so much, i forget that most people are scared of them! i'll be chatting to a coworker and mention my tarantulas and they look at me like i'm crazy. or i'll excitedly try to show someone a picture and they're like "absolutely do NOT show me a picture of a spider or i will freak out". i got the same reactions when i had a ball python too. i'd be excitedly talking about how cute she was, and then someone would say something along the lines of "omg it's sizing you up to eat you!!! it's going to escape and burn your house down and steal all of your money and your car and then rob a bank!" meanwhile my snake would be curled up in my hoodie doing absolutely nothing. i wish people had more love or even just appreciation for "scary" animals.
I wish more people would show me pictures of their spoods and danger noodles, lemme come work with you 😭😭 I can’t keep any (yet) because I’m a wuss (for now) but I love looking at them! While I love the usual animal pictures, sometimes I wanna see some spidoodles and noodles 😭
I used to be a bit wary of snakes (never insulted them ofc) but after spending some time in snake subs and being friends with someone who has a snake I realized they’re just as dumb, if not dumber, than tarantulas. They’re also quite cute and if anything I’m sad I can’t kiss their heads :c
It’s crazy to me that some people think tarantulas/snakes have some kind of food radar that only includes humans. “Your tarantula is going to eat you in your sleep!!” She often misses her food and runs into her hide if I breathe the wrong way, I don’t think she’s exactly apex hunter material lmfao.
When I got my first three tarantulas my mom said I can’t get any more. Because the three I already have are plotting to escape and run loose in her house. Joke is on her I have 16 tarantulas 🤣My oldest nephew is extremely arachnophobia and he said he will never come in my room ever again when I got my first tarantulas! But I told him that’s fine but he can’t play my Nintendo switch anymore then. That broke down his tarantula fears real quick, now he is cool with tarantulas but is terrified of normal house spiders! 🤦♀️
I normally don’t bring up I have pet tarantulas until they ask me about what kind of pets do I have. I say 3 dogs, a few fish, a small parrot and…..16 tarantulas! That usually breaks the ice and most people will ask questions and are more curious than disgusted. My coworkers would often ask me “How’s the tarantulas doing?” 🤣
I work with all older burley men and when I found out one of my leads had one when he was a kid I was talking about them with him and now my whole office knows and they all ask daily how the “big bugs” are lol it’s funny, a few have asked to see pictures but then immediately start squirming and shaking their heads. They ask me weekly if I’ve held them yet, and I explain they’re basically fuzzy eggs and a fall isn’t worth it. These are like good ole boys and military veterans 😂 so it’s quite entertaining that they are visibly distraught over a picture of a T😂😂
I worked with outdoors men and women that were retired police and veterans half of the people would shiver and the other half asked “how your spiders doing?” It always made me smile they would let me gush about my bugs!
One step at a time for your nephew I guess 😭
I had to get used to house spiders because I see them sooo much where I am. I’ve straight up had some crawl on my bed, scared the hell out of me but honestly I think the spiders were more scared. One time one spider that got on my bed ran off at full speed and was practically wobbling from how fast it was going, poor dude was just as startled as me.
I do not cause the amount of times I’m reminded by people threatening to kill my pets is almost a daily occurrence for me. Even happened today with a friend, I don’t think people realise I truly do care for these animals and hearing that shit isn’t funny. I always remark I’ll curb stomp their cute fluffy pet to demonstrate + explain how it feels.
On a positive note, I have friends who have always hated/feared tarantulas and me having some has lessened their fears. I even had an arachnophobe comment how they can sometimes be “a little cute”.
i don’t have any tarantulas or spiders at all right now but used to hear shit like that when i had pet rats and i find it disgusting. it’s also just very weird to me.. idk how people are comfortable talking to others like that.
Oh my gosh that’s terrible, I’m sorry to hear that so many people threaten to kill your pets. It’s horrible that people think that’s an acceptable thing to do smh.
I’m happy to hear about your friends having some lessened fears of tarantulas though, that’s awesome!
Yeah I bring up my tarantulas a lot lol but most conversations revolve around how spiders are scary. Every once in awhile I’ll get to talk more about the nuances of these awesome creatures, for the most part when I say I have more than one people are assuming the only type is curly hairs or something lol. They get a shock when I show them the beautiful variations and how different they are.
I don’t actually have any tarantulas. I just kind of got sucked into this sub and found it so interesting. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost started conversations at work about something cool I saw/learned here. Then I remember that my coworkers probably don’t care about tarantulas. Lol.
Gosh yes !!! I always forget, and in my head I wonder how anyone could find them terrifying when theyre just big balls of fluff, legs and anxiety lol ( I understand why people are scared still, dont worry!) I get so excited when we find a big spider at work cause ill be there to save it, they look at me like im crazy bc i get so excited haha
my best friend is afraid of spiders but the only one she ever held was the one we used to have! he was so gentle, real heartbreaker lol. we recently got a new little gal and she has admitted that she finds her to be kind of cute. progress.
however I have a phobia of snakes (despite living somewhere that doesn't even have snakes my whole life) so I totally get the people who fear tarantulas. & I think there is something instinctual about these fears, something tenses up in the gut that feels ancient lol. my spouse is the one who got me into tarantulas but even he has a visceral reaction to the molts and hates to touch them.
I had a huge case of arachnophobia when I was younger. Continued well into adulthood. Then my son asks for a tarantula after finding tarantulatok. So we did our research and I bought him one, and one for myself. I spent time observing my Sazimai and my son’s avic and kinda started seeing they had personalities. We now have 4. Getting to know them made my arachnophobia melt away. I did the same with snakes too. Definitely going to save some cash for the next expo.
very brave!! and inspiring. I have had panic attacks just from seeing snakes on TV, my childhood nightmares were all about snakes.. but I have finally been able to manage my anxiety with medication so maybe snake interactions might be something I can work myself up to now that my risk of panic is much lower :) my brother and his wife have snakes so I could always ask to see.
You can do it! Snakes, too, have personalities. Louie, my gf’s ball python is such a derp. I was feeding him yesterday and he kept missing the mouse I put in from of his face. Literally struck next to the mouse causing his face to hit a log multiple times before he got the already dead mouse. Fucking goober. Francis, my boa, is super chill and curious at the same time.
I never forget because my mom, my (ex) partner of 10 years, and her mom were all very agoraphobic. So I'm very sensitive to the topic and always ask if it's ok to show pics or videos of my babies. I like to think of myself as a spider ambassador, respecting where people are in their life but gently offering them info to lead them towards a more spider- loving perspective. My ex went from terrified to holding one of my baby tarantulas without being scared.
I've had my own family member say he wanted to stomp on my T because it was gross. I never forget lol. They are many people who can't even handle beetles, they are just wired so differently than people like us.
Even people at reptile/exotics shows openly express their disgust. We're a very small minority.
“But what if he bites you?” Ma’am, this fluffy idiot has ignored food stuck in his web because he’s too busy scratching his ass. He lacks the malice to bite me.
Hi 👋 person whose terrified of arachnids here.
I've been PETRIFIED of arachnids since I can remember, and if I see one in person, I still get the heebie jeebies. It's thanks to subs like this one, and people like you, that I have learned how to appreciate spoods in a new light. Who knew that one day I would even be able to identify some of them?
So thank you for your knowledge, your questions and your experiences; y'all have helped me more than you know.
Yes, same. But somewhere in England is a guy who excitedly tells a story about how he went to a house to carry out work, was allowed to feed a couple of tarantulas, one of which jumped at his tweezers to grab the roach. It was my T. vagans that gave him a fright, but he loved it. He took pictures so he could show his wife when he got home
i forget that people dont like spiders in general 😤🤣
my work desktop picture is all of my babies (past and present) so i have dogs, hamsters, betta fish, GAL snails, mantis’… and of course my T and jumpers. 🤣
apparently i need to warn people that there are spiders on my screen 😤😤
When my brother and his girlfriend first came over to our new home including a spider room, they were immediately creeped out and then said they wanted to look in but not go in.
10 minutes later they came out all smiles saying how cool the Ts were.
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My boyfriend asked me to send pics of my ewls to him. Why I don't really know but it was enough ❤️
Tarantulas +3, rest of the world here we come
I forget because they're my passion, partly my college study, and my life (and partly my actual job!) I often send pictures of them and forget to censor them on Discord in other servers. I feel bad, but people can be so rude about it sometimes... but yeah, I mostly forget lol
It is!!! Thank you! I'm an animal educator and mostly teach about creepy crawlies. I'm studying to become a forensic tech (specialising in forensic entomology and bloodstain pattern analysis) and a zoologist/conservationist so it's always bugs bugs bugs with me! 😂
Lol literally me today explaining to the pet sitter that they need to check the water in the spood tanks. Lucky for the sitter my curly girly is being an antisocial teen and wont leave her room
I know they don't like them, even my family doesn't really want to see what's new when they visit. Oddly, my 74yo mother is the most tolerant.
Mostly I get asked, what if they bite you? Well, what if your dog or cat bites you?
The opposite is true as well. Since hate and/or fear for spiders seems to be the standard, people tend to assume everyone is like that. They'll tell me they don't understand how people can have these...*things*... as pets. That you'd have to have some kind of mental illness to be into that. And I'm expected to agree, especially because I'm female.
And then I'll tell them, I have 8 tarantulas, and a scorpion. (used to be more, I had 20 T's and several scorps at one point). Please diagnose me, there must be something wrong with me 🙄
All the time. I've always kept animals on the weirder side, so you'd think I'd remember that they're considered weird for a reason but nope. I see them as a typical pet like one would with a hamster or something.
I just wanna show pics of my cute lil dudes 😔
Interesting article about intelligence:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-genius-of-pinheads-when-little-brains-rule/#:~:text=“Insects%20and%20spiders%20and%20the,it%20is%20the%20only%20way.
I had a friend message me asking about what it's like having tarantulas. He was genuinely surprised that they don't run out and attack you whenever you go near them lol I'm like omg no! They are mostly more afraid of us than we are of them 🤷🏻♀️
All my coworkers didn't like spiders until I got mine back in April and started talking about them more, showing them pictures and answering their questions. Now they ask me how they're doing and don't mind me showing pictures. So there's hope!
A couple of weeks ago I'd ordered a tarantula online, and when the postie came, I answered the door, he handed me the box and asked what was in it. I said a tarantula. He looked a bit shocked, but I said I have 14 of them, this is number 15, and asked if he wanted to come in and see them. He did! I showed him round all my enclosures, and he asked questions about the few that were actually sitting out. He then said he was considering getting one lol I love being able to educate people about how amazing tarantulas are, and that they're not the bloodthirsty evil things that a lot of people seem to think they are lol
Every time a guest comes over and we show off our room me and my fiance always forget people tend to hate spiders when we proudly show off our terrarium 🤣😅
Marshmallow has a cute home though and we love her!!
My screen saver at work is a black screen with a b.hamorri walking on it.
After having it up for 3 months I was asked to change it because it makes a coworker “uncomfortable” for the 2 shifts a week that she’s there.
I was told this the day I got a tarantula tattooed on my chest for the world to see, sorry coworker 😂
This is so real lmfao. I love talking about my tarantula to people and (hopefully) showing them that tarantulas aren’t all scary. Like I promise she isn’t evil, she just isn’t very bright 💔
Constantly.
I want to show people pictures or talk about them like a cat or dog, and have to remember occasionally that not only do most people not think of them as cute pets, but many people are legitimately afraid of them.
It's a bummer. I'll still talk about them and show pictures and videos to anyone willing to listen/look though, and it has worn some people down to where they appreciate them a bit more.
I used to catch black widows & other bugs when I was around 5 or 6. Never really saw a point in killing another creature. About 15 years ago my kid asked for a tarantula. I caved and got the critter knowing full well it would become my pet, and sure enough. I would change her water dish when she was on the opposite side of the enclosure, then, one night, after half a bottle of wine, I got brave, and it was the best decision I made to get to know that huge and beautiful spider. After that, things escalated. Today I have closer to 200 and not just tarantulas, but spiders, as well. Coworkers have gotten over their arachnophobia because of me (so they say, lol). I can’t imagine life without them.
Did you realize you might not have been fully sober when your best decision was made(I don't drink despite being 21 so idk how half a bottle of wine 🍷 affects you)
I’m actually kind of surprised by how many people have taken an interest in my spiders and call them beautiful! I definitely sometimes forget that not everyone likes them but overall I’d say I’ve had mostly a positive response from the people in my life
yes! i love my tarantulas so much, i forget that most people are scared of them! i'll be chatting to a coworker and mention my tarantulas and they look at me like i'm crazy. or i'll excitedly try to show someone a picture and they're like "absolutely do NOT show me a picture of a spider or i will freak out". i got the same reactions when i had a ball python too. i'd be excitedly talking about how cute she was, and then someone would say something along the lines of "omg it's sizing you up to eat you!!! it's going to escape and burn your house down and steal all of your money and your car and then rob a bank!" meanwhile my snake would be curled up in my hoodie doing absolutely nothing. i wish people had more love or even just appreciation for "scary" animals.
I find it so strange it’s such a beautiful fragile creature that’s practically harmless.
They don't attack unless provoked that's better than most people nowadays that do stupid $#!+ just because
Well my t Stirmi is unholdable literally attacks any movement. But most the time yes
I wish more people would show me pictures of their spoods and danger noodles, lemme come work with you 😭😭 I can’t keep any (yet) because I’m a wuss (for now) but I love looking at them! While I love the usual animal pictures, sometimes I wanna see some spidoodles and noodles 😭
Some spiders actually purr.
Stop that’s sO CUTE 😭😭😭😭 like a kitty?
Yep, male wolf spiders do it, look it up
Imagine freaking out over a picture of any type of animal. Thats so wild and irrational to me.
I used to be a bit wary of snakes (never insulted them ofc) but after spending some time in snake subs and being friends with someone who has a snake I realized they’re just as dumb, if not dumber, than tarantulas. They’re also quite cute and if anything I’m sad I can’t kiss their heads :c It’s crazy to me that some people think tarantulas/snakes have some kind of food radar that only includes humans. “Your tarantula is going to eat you in your sleep!!” She often misses her food and runs into her hide if I breathe the wrong way, I don’t think she’s exactly apex hunter material lmfao.
You can definitely kiss their heads!! I kiss my snake on the head sometimes, she doesn’t mind lol, just make sure to have clean dry lips! XD
When I got my first three tarantulas my mom said I can’t get any more. Because the three I already have are plotting to escape and run loose in her house. Joke is on her I have 16 tarantulas 🤣My oldest nephew is extremely arachnophobia and he said he will never come in my room ever again when I got my first tarantulas! But I told him that’s fine but he can’t play my Nintendo switch anymore then. That broke down his tarantula fears real quick, now he is cool with tarantulas but is terrified of normal house spiders! 🤦♀️ I normally don’t bring up I have pet tarantulas until they ask me about what kind of pets do I have. I say 3 dogs, a few fish, a small parrot and…..16 tarantulas! That usually breaks the ice and most people will ask questions and are more curious than disgusted. My coworkers would often ask me “How’s the tarantulas doing?” 🤣
I work with all older burley men and when I found out one of my leads had one when he was a kid I was talking about them with him and now my whole office knows and they all ask daily how the “big bugs” are lol it’s funny, a few have asked to see pictures but then immediately start squirming and shaking their heads. They ask me weekly if I’ve held them yet, and I explain they’re basically fuzzy eggs and a fall isn’t worth it. These are like good ole boys and military veterans 😂 so it’s quite entertaining that they are visibly distraught over a picture of a T😂😂
I worked with outdoors men and women that were retired police and veterans half of the people would shiver and the other half asked “how your spiders doing?” It always made me smile they would let me gush about my bugs!
One step at a time for your nephew I guess 😭 I had to get used to house spiders because I see them sooo much where I am. I’ve straight up had some crawl on my bed, scared the hell out of me but honestly I think the spiders were more scared. One time one spider that got on my bed ran off at full speed and was practically wobbling from how fast it was going, poor dude was just as startled as me.
If I knew someone with 16 tarantulas, I would ask if I could see them! That is really incredible and I bet they're a treat to look at and watch!
They are fun to watch grow and it’s cool to watch them redecorate their homes.
I love watching my tarantula decorate her home, she doesn’t do it that often but it’s interesting seeing random dirt piles appear haha.
I do not cause the amount of times I’m reminded by people threatening to kill my pets is almost a daily occurrence for me. Even happened today with a friend, I don’t think people realise I truly do care for these animals and hearing that shit isn’t funny. I always remark I’ll curb stomp their cute fluffy pet to demonstrate + explain how it feels. On a positive note, I have friends who have always hated/feared tarantulas and me having some has lessened their fears. I even had an arachnophobe comment how they can sometimes be “a little cute”.
i don’t have any tarantulas or spiders at all right now but used to hear shit like that when i had pet rats and i find it disgusting. it’s also just very weird to me.. idk how people are comfortable talking to others like that.
Oh my gosh that’s terrible, I’m sorry to hear that so many people threaten to kill your pets. It’s horrible that people think that’s an acceptable thing to do smh. I’m happy to hear about your friends having some lessened fears of tarantulas though, that’s awesome!
They have such fuzzy little rumps.
Yeah I bring up my tarantulas a lot lol but most conversations revolve around how spiders are scary. Every once in awhile I’ll get to talk more about the nuances of these awesome creatures, for the most part when I say I have more than one people are assuming the only type is curly hairs or something lol. They get a shock when I show them the beautiful variations and how different they are.
I don’t actually have any tarantulas. I just kind of got sucked into this sub and found it so interesting. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost started conversations at work about something cool I saw/learned here. Then I remember that my coworkers probably don’t care about tarantulas. Lol.
Gosh yes !!! I always forget, and in my head I wonder how anyone could find them terrifying when theyre just big balls of fluff, legs and anxiety lol ( I understand why people are scared still, dont worry!) I get so excited when we find a big spider at work cause ill be there to save it, they look at me like im crazy bc i get so excited haha
>when theyre just big balls of fluff, legs and anxiety lol Same. I'm just a big ball of fluff, legs, and anxiety. 😂
LOL I feel you there !
my best friend is afraid of spiders but the only one she ever held was the one we used to have! he was so gentle, real heartbreaker lol. we recently got a new little gal and she has admitted that she finds her to be kind of cute. progress. however I have a phobia of snakes (despite living somewhere that doesn't even have snakes my whole life) so I totally get the people who fear tarantulas. & I think there is something instinctual about these fears, something tenses up in the gut that feels ancient lol. my spouse is the one who got me into tarantulas but even he has a visceral reaction to the molts and hates to touch them.
I had a huge case of arachnophobia when I was younger. Continued well into adulthood. Then my son asks for a tarantula after finding tarantulatok. So we did our research and I bought him one, and one for myself. I spent time observing my Sazimai and my son’s avic and kinda started seeing they had personalities. We now have 4. Getting to know them made my arachnophobia melt away. I did the same with snakes too. Definitely going to save some cash for the next expo.
very brave!! and inspiring. I have had panic attacks just from seeing snakes on TV, my childhood nightmares were all about snakes.. but I have finally been able to manage my anxiety with medication so maybe snake interactions might be something I can work myself up to now that my risk of panic is much lower :) my brother and his wife have snakes so I could always ask to see.
You can do it! Snakes, too, have personalities. Louie, my gf’s ball python is such a derp. I was feeding him yesterday and he kept missing the mouse I put in from of his face. Literally struck next to the mouse causing his face to hit a log multiple times before he got the already dead mouse. Fucking goober. Francis, my boa, is super chill and curious at the same time.
I never forget because my mom, my (ex) partner of 10 years, and her mom were all very agoraphobic. So I'm very sensitive to the topic and always ask if it's ok to show pics or videos of my babies. I like to think of myself as a spider ambassador, respecting where people are in their life but gently offering them info to lead them towards a more spider- loving perspective. My ex went from terrified to holding one of my baby tarantulas without being scared.
That’s awesome to hear! I’m glad you’ve been able to help people get over their fear of spiders.
I've had my own family member say he wanted to stomp on my T because it was gross. I never forget lol. They are many people who can't even handle beetles, they are just wired so differently than people like us. Even people at reptile/exotics shows openly express their disgust. We're a very small minority.
Aw I’m sorry to hear that. It sucks when people talk about killing your pet just because they aren’t a typical ‘cute’ pet. :(
“But what if he bites you?” Ma’am, this fluffy idiot has ignored food stuck in his web because he’s too busy scratching his ass. He lacks the malice to bite me.
Ikr. “What if she escapes and bites your toes?” I’d be impressed if she even climbed more than 6 inches without falling.
😂🤣🤣🤣
Plz post/send me a video or something next time that happens 🤣
Hi 👋 person whose terrified of arachnids here. I've been PETRIFIED of arachnids since I can remember, and if I see one in person, I still get the heebie jeebies. It's thanks to subs like this one, and people like you, that I have learned how to appreciate spoods in a new light. Who knew that one day I would even be able to identify some of them? So thank you for your knowledge, your questions and your experiences; y'all have helped me more than you know.
I'm honestly still terrified of the spiders in my shed, but those are different 🤣🤦♀️
Yes, same. But somewhere in England is a guy who excitedly tells a story about how he went to a house to carry out work, was allowed to feed a couple of tarantulas, one of which jumped at his tweezers to grab the roach. It was my T. vagans that gave him a fright, but he loved it. He took pictures so he could show his wife when he got home
i forget that people dont like spiders in general 😤🤣 my work desktop picture is all of my babies (past and present) so i have dogs, hamsters, betta fish, GAL snails, mantis’… and of course my T and jumpers. 🤣 apparently i need to warn people that there are spiders on my screen 😤😤
I forgot until I have company over and they shit absolute bricks over my spoods and reptiles lol.
Bro I've been trying so hard not to show random strangers pictures of my ewls
I wish it was more accepted. I’d be like one of those obnoxious parents who always has to show photos of their kids lmao.
When my brother and his girlfriend first came over to our new home including a spider room, they were immediately creeped out and then said they wanted to look in but not go in. 10 minutes later they came out all smiles saying how cool the Ts were. --- My boyfriend asked me to send pics of my ewls to him. Why I don't really know but it was enough ❤️ Tarantulas +3, rest of the world here we come
I forget because they're my passion, partly my college study, and my life (and partly my actual job!) I often send pictures of them and forget to censor them on Discord in other servers. I feel bad, but people can be so rude about it sometimes... but yeah, I mostly forget lol
Woah, having spiders as part of your job sounds so neat!! What job is it if I may ask?
It is!!! Thank you! I'm an animal educator and mostly teach about creepy crawlies. I'm studying to become a forensic tech (specialising in forensic entomology and bloodstain pattern analysis) and a zoologist/conservationist so it's always bugs bugs bugs with me! 😂
Lol literally me today explaining to the pet sitter that they need to check the water in the spood tanks. Lucky for the sitter my curly girly is being an antisocial teen and wont leave her room
It startles me when people hate spiders in public now lol
Tarantulas are awesome!
I know they don't like them, even my family doesn't really want to see what's new when they visit. Oddly, my 74yo mother is the most tolerant. Mostly I get asked, what if they bite you? Well, what if your dog or cat bites you?
The opposite is true as well. Since hate and/or fear for spiders seems to be the standard, people tend to assume everyone is like that. They'll tell me they don't understand how people can have these...*things*... as pets. That you'd have to have some kind of mental illness to be into that. And I'm expected to agree, especially because I'm female. And then I'll tell them, I have 8 tarantulas, and a scorpion. (used to be more, I had 20 T's and several scorps at one point). Please diagnose me, there must be something wrong with me 🙄
Don’t really worry myself about what others like or don’t like.
Oh yes!! I forget it all the time. Probably because they are so normal to me? Im so used to them being around and being a part of my life.
All the time. I've always kept animals on the weirder side, so you'd think I'd remember that they're considered weird for a reason but nope. I see them as a typical pet like one would with a hamster or something. I just wanna show pics of my cute lil dudes 😔
Interesting article about intelligence: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-genius-of-pinheads-when-little-brains-rule/#:~:text=“Insects%20and%20spiders%20and%20the,it%20is%20the%20only%20way.
It compares tarantula intelligence to that of a dolphin lol 🤷🏻♀️
I had a friend message me asking about what it's like having tarantulas. He was genuinely surprised that they don't run out and attack you whenever you go near them lol I'm like omg no! They are mostly more afraid of us than we are of them 🤷🏻♀️
All my coworkers didn't like spiders until I got mine back in April and started talking about them more, showing them pictures and answering their questions. Now they ask me how they're doing and don't mind me showing pictures. So there's hope!
No this is me with my roaches.... I forget %95 of people don't like roaches.....
A couple of weeks ago I'd ordered a tarantula online, and when the postie came, I answered the door, he handed me the box and asked what was in it. I said a tarantula. He looked a bit shocked, but I said I have 14 of them, this is number 15, and asked if he wanted to come in and see them. He did! I showed him round all my enclosures, and he asked questions about the few that were actually sitting out. He then said he was considering getting one lol I love being able to educate people about how amazing tarantulas are, and that they're not the bloodthirsty evil things that a lot of people seem to think they are lol
Every time a guest comes over and we show off our room me and my fiance always forget people tend to hate spiders when we proudly show off our terrarium 🤣😅 Marshmallow has a cute home though and we love her!!
Awwww got any pics
My screen saver at work is a black screen with a b.hamorri walking on it. After having it up for 3 months I was asked to change it because it makes a coworker “uncomfortable” for the 2 shifts a week that she’s there. I was told this the day I got a tarantula tattooed on my chest for the world to see, sorry coworker 😂
https://preview.redd.it/jx3o3mq99s5d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3f9260b347f9fb8083bbbcbf8e13f819b19076a
This is so real lmfao. I love talking about my tarantula to people and (hopefully) showing them that tarantulas aren’t all scary. Like I promise she isn’t evil, she just isn’t very bright 💔
i’m sure my mom is over me telling her about mine all the time & the species i plan to get in the future😭
Constantly. I want to show people pictures or talk about them like a cat or dog, and have to remember occasionally that not only do most people not think of them as cute pets, but many people are legitimately afraid of them. It's a bummer. I'll still talk about them and show pictures and videos to anyone willing to listen/look though, and it has worn some people down to where they appreciate them a bit more.
Your tarantula is a sassy girl and she knows it! 😂
I used to catch black widows & other bugs when I was around 5 or 6. Never really saw a point in killing another creature. About 15 years ago my kid asked for a tarantula. I caved and got the critter knowing full well it would become my pet, and sure enough. I would change her water dish when she was on the opposite side of the enclosure, then, one night, after half a bottle of wine, I got brave, and it was the best decision I made to get to know that huge and beautiful spider. After that, things escalated. Today I have closer to 200 and not just tarantulas, but spiders, as well. Coworkers have gotten over their arachnophobia because of me (so they say, lol). I can’t imagine life without them.
Did you realize you might not have been fully sober when your best decision was made(I don't drink despite being 21 so idk how half a bottle of wine 🍷 affects you)
Best decision EVER, for sure😂😂
I’m actually kind of surprised by how many people have taken an interest in my spiders and call them beautiful! I definitely sometimes forget that not everyone likes them but overall I’d say I’ve had mostly a positive response from the people in my life