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From: Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Monday Night Dinner? 6/02/2025
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 16:36:18 -0400
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On 6/7/2025 5:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2025-06-07, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 2025-06-06, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We have huntsman spiders but they're called "cane spiders" on this rock.
>>> Americans aren't used to seeing big spiders so visitors are totally
>>> terrified of them. The good news is that I haven't seen a cane spider or
>>> centipedes around here in ages. My guess is that the chickens have wiped
>>> them out. That's fine with me.
>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqVS9yC7hE
>>
>>
>> If that's a huntsman spider, it looks like a baby tarantula. I used to
>> let tarantulas crawl up my arm to impress my friends. The hardest part
>> is just to find them. They cross Nevada roads in the Fall.
>> Their bite is said to be akin to a bee sting, but my friends didn't know
>> that. Let them crawl on your arm. Don't monkey with them while they're
>> doing that. Everybody says "Wow!" when you're done.
>> Try it the next time you find a tarantula.
> 
> The only place I'm likely to find a tarantula is a pet store.
> 

One of my first grade teachers had a tarantula as a pet.  We lived in 
California at the time.  When it died she had it cast in clear Lucite 
(or something similar) and kept it on her desk as a paper weight.  I 
always thought that was rather creepy.

Jill