I HELD A TARANTULA!
*boogies* Most definitely not much more than a fact of life to most of you, but this is coming from the girl who adores spiders from afar (way, way, waaay afar) and whinges at the thought of holding one.
It was the science teacher's rosehair I mentioned from before. Even thought he's a 'school pet', we waited a week for him to get back to being used to 150 people banging around about his tank every day again.
I came back when there was no class, and she set Rock (the T) on the specified T blanket in the specified T area. He just sat there.. very entertaining.
Then she gently scooped him up and he just waltzed right out onto my arm and did some more sitting, LOL! He moved maybe once or twice, then decided he liked the blanket better. Then he was transplanted back to his home. And voila! My first one-on-one experience with a T!
Am I completely over the 'it's going to eat me!" feeling? Pretty much. I know they aren't all mellow like Rock and I know some of them are even dangerous, but I know they aren't monsters now. Unless they're those Orange Bitey Things I keep hearing so much about.
(Well, I knew they weren't before.. but you know, imaginations run wild..)
Do I want a T of my own? Of course! But I'm so not ready for my own little spider.. but I can definitely forsee a spider (or five!) in my future. And it's all your guyses fault!
=D
*boogies* Most definitely not much more than a fact of life to most of you, but this is coming from the girl who adores spiders from afar (way, way, waaay afar) and whinges at the thought of holding one.
It was the science teacher's rosehair I mentioned from before. Even thought he's a 'school pet', we waited a week for him to get back to being used to 150 people banging around about his tank every day again.
I came back when there was no class, and she set Rock (the T) on the specified T blanket in the specified T area. He just sat there.. very entertaining.
Then she gently scooped him up and he just waltzed right out onto my arm and did some more sitting, LOL! He moved maybe once or twice, then decided he liked the blanket better. Then he was transplanted back to his home. And voila! My first one-on-one experience with a T! Am I completely over the 'it's going to eat me!" feeling? Pretty much. I know they aren't all mellow like Rock and I know some of them are even dangerous, but I know they aren't monsters now. Unless they're those Orange Bitey Things I keep hearing so much about.
(Well, I knew they weren't before.. but you know, imaginations run wild..)
Do I want a T of my own? Of course! But I'm so not ready for my own little spider.. but I can definitely forsee a spider (or five!) in my future. And it's all your guyses fault!
=D
