RavageMaster
Arachnopeon
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- Jan 27, 2018
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When I moved into my first apartment back in 2015 I had a neighbor that was convinced spiders laid eggs that hatched into maggots.
She then had to tell me that she found a brown recluse in the bush out front, and that she knew it was one because it bit her on the cheek and maggots came out a day later. She also ripped a hole in her ceiling because she wanted to remove all the "black widows" that were coming down and biting her at night. In addition to all that, she believed her boyfriend at the time was sneaking out at night to catch spiders and put them in her mouth.
To say the least, we had a rough neighborly relationship... especially after I decided to bring a big Latrodectus hesperus female inside as a pet rock. I was not secretive about it at the very least, and it being in my place got her to stop trying to "educate" me about spiders.
Other than that I frequently get the (about both my tarantulas and snakes):
"eww... aren't they poisonous?"
"How does your boyfriend (or parents) feel safe about you having them?"
"Do they roam around your room?"
"They eat dried crickets right?"
"You know those get 40 feet long and can eat people right?!"(this was in reference to buying a boa constrictor imperator)
She then had to tell me that she found a brown recluse in the bush out front, and that she knew it was one because it bit her on the cheek and maggots came out a day later. She also ripped a hole in her ceiling because she wanted to remove all the "black widows" that were coming down and biting her at night. In addition to all that, she believed her boyfriend at the time was sneaking out at night to catch spiders and put them in her mouth.
To say the least, we had a rough neighborly relationship... especially after I decided to bring a big Latrodectus hesperus female inside as a pet rock. I was not secretive about it at the very least, and it being in my place got her to stop trying to "educate" me about spiders.
Other than that I frequently get the (about both my tarantulas and snakes):
"eww... aren't they poisonous?"
"How does your boyfriend (or parents) feel safe about you having them?"
"Do they roam around your room?"
"They eat dried crickets right?"
"You know those get 40 feet long and can eat people right?!"(this was in reference to buying a boa constrictor imperator)