When I was a boy, I was deathly afraid of spiders. I think it was because of a movie I saw on TV, in which a child ran face-first into a spider web and got bitten by a spider the size of a softball, and almost died. But that was long ago. I have since come to like–sort of–jumping spiders and wolf spiders.
Nevertheless, there are still some big ‘uns out there that I’d cross the street to avoid. I don’t know how genuine that photo is, up there; but something tells me I would very much prefer never to find out.
Maybe it’s a very small toilet bowl? But that’s another kind of problem.
(Not feeling very well today!)
Wow, that’s a big spider! I’ve seen palm-sized Tarantulas, but never anything even close to that size. Many spiders are harmless, but I tend to avoid all of them.
Spiders always remind me of a couple I knew in another town where I worked. Whenever he saw a spider in their house, he yelled for her to come and “get it”. I thought that was funny.
I ran into an extra-large sized spider the first time I visited the Philippines. I think it was a tarantula. Nevertheless, after living here for 15 years have never seen another one. Here is a bit from my book “7,000 Miles of Life Perspectives.”
“Once in town, I checked into my lodging house. I needed rest, for I find airplane seats unfavorable for sleeping, and by that time I had been awake for nearly twenty-four hours. As I prepared for bed, little did I know I had company. While brushing my teeth, I picked up a small garbage can to move it to the next room. I looked down, and inches from my hand was a monster-movie-sized spider. After I evicted him, I spent a feverish twenty minutes checking beneath the bed, under the covers, on the walls, ceilings, and behind the dresser to make sure he was the only one, and not part of a felicitous family reunion.”
The picture could be an AI fake – maybe someday we will have software to show us the difference between the two. At large lakes in Arkansas, along the docks are the largest spider webs you will see this side of the Congo River – very spooky indeed.
I think it’s a fake — either photoshop, AI, or hand-crafted.
Either that or a really small toilet.