I've heard tarantulas are somewhat unpredictable as they use fuzzy logic. & be careful *you* don't bite the roommate in the wrong place, or she might spray you!
-Ben At 11:50 PM 8/8/02 -0400, you wrote: >Sorry .. couldn't get a decent picture. I've read that if the spider is >very hungry, or it's just in a bad mood, it may rush you if you touch the >net. So, I was forced to keep the camera about 2 feet away. At this range, >it was dark enough that the flash would go off when I took a picture. This >left a picture of a completely white background with a black blob in the >middle of it. Whenever I would shine a bright light directly on it, the >spider would turn and look at me for a few seconds and then start to retreat >back to its hiding place. It's very weird being stared at by one of those >things. Finaly the batteries in the digital cam crapped out and I didn't >have any spares. It's a shame too .. it was a very pretty, shiney black >with 2 bright red dots on the back of its abdomen and a barely seperated >"hourgalss" on it's underside. The heck with technology .. I was wishing I >had a good 35mm at that point. :) > >We are experiencing drought conditions here in SC and Widows do sometimes >come indoors if they can't find water. After reading what a bite from one >of these things will do to you, I just couldn't take that chance. As much >as I hated to do it, I had no choice by to spray it. Maybe if it dies out >in the open, I will be able to get a better pic. > >Knowing my luck, the spray won't kill it, though and it will sneak in >durring the night and have its revenge. =-/ I'm more worried about my >roomate than I am me. If it bites me, at least I have a chance of feeling >it and be able to get to the doc in a hurry. If it bites her in the wrong >place, she won't even know anything is up until the symtoms start to kick >in, which would mean she would have a rougher road to recovery .. yikes. > >I still want a Tarantula though :( But my roomie said if I got one, she >would spray both of us. hehe > >P.T. >----- >Tarantulas for everyone, for a better tomorrow. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:49 PM >Subject: Re: nifty spiders > > >> Yeah .. I'll get my sister's digital cam. I'll have to wait until it gets >a >> little darker though. It hides durring the day. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
