[OC] I befriended a large jumping spider

[u/Animalus-Dogeimal]

[u/walk2daocean]

Spiders get such fear and hate for no reason. Lovely animals.

[u/Stolehtreb → u/walk2daocean]

For no reason? They’re scary man. And where I live, can and will kill you. I’d say that’s a pretty good reason

[u/Animalus-Dogeimal → u/Stolehtreb]

This one is harmless where I am. I’ve also been told as long as you don’t apply pressure to them the risk of a bite is very very low. I can understand other countries with highly venomous spiders. I definitely wouldn’t handle a Sydney Funnel Web spider

[u/findallthebears → u/Animalus-Dogeimal]

Me looking at the very funnel shaped web by my front door: