Author Topic: Mouse Eats Bug. Or Vise verse?? (Read 1023 times)

xrtoronto · « **Reply #15 on:** May 04, 2006, 01:17:04 PM »

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Originally posted by Seagoon
My wife-to-be refused to visit after the time one about the size of small bat flew across the room and landed on the lamp next to her head.

I can just imagine the look on her face!

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That is one big ugly bug. I was rooting for the mouse.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #16 on:** May 04, 2006, 01:18:36 PM »

When growing up in Corpus Christi, Tx, I kept a Wolf Tarantula as a pet in my room. Never had another bug in it and only rarely saw the spider, but he grew to a nice healthy size.

Before I got him, my room was cockroach central for the house.

Furball · « **Reply #17 on:** May 04, 2006, 01:23:11 PM »

didnt it freak you out thinking that it was probably crawling over your face when you were asleep?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #18 on:** May 04, 2006, 01:25:37 PM »

Nah, one time I did wake up and he was resting on my chest looking at me. They are pretty docile creatures.

My only worry about hime was rolling over on him in bed.

They have a tendency to like small, dark places. I figure the time he was on my chest, he was after a meal.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 04, 2006, 01:48:38 PM »

Did you bother telling your Mom that you had a Free Range tarantula in your room?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #20 on:** May 04, 2006, 01:50:32 PM »

Hehehe, nope.

You should have seen her run down the stairs one day. Thought she was gonna break her neck. LOL!

xrtoronto · « **Reply #21 on:** May 04, 2006, 02:00:54 PM »

Skuzzy was your spider like the one in Home Alone?

(don't they bite?)

Skuzzy · « **Reply #22 on:** May 04, 2006, 02:34:55 PM »

Never saw Home Alone. Wolf's come in a couple of varieties. Mine was multiple shades of gray covered in hair.

In rest, he was about 6 or 7 inches in diameter. Body length was about 4 inches.

Most Tarantulas are very passive and only attack when provoked or in defense. You can tell when you have ticked off a Wolf. They raise thier abdomen almost 90 degrees to thier body and squat, always facing you. This position is thier jumping position. It is how they move quickly.

A full size Wolf can cover about 5 to 6 linear feet in a jump. They do not have to jump straight either. They can cover about a 90 degree swathe forward and back.

I got bit by him twice early on learning how to hold him. He would crawl up and sit on my shoulder when I was doing homework or working on a model.

FiLtH · « **Reply #23 on:** May 04, 2006, 02:57:53 PM »

Poor mouse.

Skuzzy that is sick. No way would I have a spider like that..or any kind!

Skuzzy · « **Reply #24 on:** May 04, 2006, 03:05:06 PM »

Better to have that one Tarantula running around, then 40 bazillion cockroaches crawling all over you during the night.

xrtoronto · « **Reply #25 on:** May 04, 2006, 03:27:27 PM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
I got bit by him twice early on learning how to hold him. He would crawl up and sit on my shoulder when I was doing homework or working on a model.

What is the bite from one of those like? Say, compared to a bee sting? They seem to have very big 'fangs' (not sure what you call those)

Modas · « **Reply #26 on:** May 04, 2006, 03:28:50 PM »

Since we are talking spiders here (kinda a hijack), I have a spider story.

Every year since i was 12, i've been going up to the boundary waters canoe area (BWCA) in northern Minnesota. My Dad is originally from Ely, which is one of the big kick off points.

Anywho, I hate spiders

. About 5 years ago, we took our annual trip (about mid-august). I hadn't been feeling well all day, and after paddling and portaging for about 10 hours, I had to take a dump of BIBLICAL proportions. A poop of the apocolypse as I say to my wife

About 7:00 pm, we get to our site, I dive into the pack, grab the T-pee and head for the can. The "Can" is an outhouse style toilet tucked back 100 or so yards from the water.

I get to the can, and there, sitting on the rim is the biggest wolf spider I've ever seen. This is not the Taurantua that Skuzzy is talking about. They are very aggressive, and really quick. Not poisonous that I know of. Did I mention I hate spiders? This bastage was probably 5 - 6 inches in diameter.

I grabbed a big stick, intending to "shoe" him away. Instead, HE grabbed the stick from me ..... No, just kidding, but instead of running off the can, he ran INTO the can. The very thing I have to put my bare fanny onto.

At this point, I can't stand it anymore, I poke around inside with the stick, see nothing, drop my pants and sit down. I'm just about ready to let the 'ol bowels relax when...

I FEEL THE BASTAGE CRAWLING ON MY HINEY!!! AIEEEEEE!!! I let out a scream that I bet the people of Ely heard. I suddenly lost all need to poop, stood up and turned around....

And there he was, sitting back on the rim. And I'm sure he was grinning at me.

True story.

I hate spiders.

Toecutter · « **Reply #27 on:** May 04, 2006, 03:46:01 PM »

Ok I'm sufficiently freaked out.

dmf · « **Reply #28 on:** May 04, 2006, 03:47:16 PM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Better to have that one Tarantula running around, then 40 bazillion cockroaches crawling all over you during the night.

Ever hear of Combat Roach traps?
Theres NO WAY I'd have a spider that big anywhere in my apt, if I ever see one that big I'm moving out.

Seagoon · « **Reply #29 on:** May 04, 2006, 03:50:45 PM »

While I can't come anywhere near to the toilet bowl story, I did once have to go through the deeply unpleasant experience of removing a small cockroach that had crawled into my ear during the night. I woke up with pronounced hearing loss in my right ear (which is normally my good one - burst my left eardrum in college) and a funny "tickling" sensation. Cue-tip made a slight crunch sound and on withdrawing it, you can imagine my horror on noting a small leg in addition to the earwax.

And no, I don't regard a Tarantula to be a good trade off for cockroach problems.... Strikes me as a tad like putting a Cougar in your yard to deal with the rodent problem.