Beauty

[smokingboot]

To get over my alarming reaction to green tea, I went for a walk (obviously once I had mastered the art of leaving the bathroom). I went to that pet shop. They have the most beautiful tarantula ever.

Now, I do not like spiders. One bit. I can see the elegance of black widows and uruguay blacks, but the big shaggy ones? Urgh! And the way every spider creeps and scuttles about, fast or slow? Double urgh!

But she is without a doubt stunning. She's called a fireleg or a bloodleg or something equally forgettable. I stared at her for ages. Her markings are lovely, orange and black, and I could see what looked like an eye, or a tiny pair of eyes at the top of her head. like a drop of jet shining. I could not avoid the fact that she was lovely, alien but ugly only to an utter dullard. I got closer to the glass than I ever have with exotic spiders...closer than I care to get with any spider. She was truly a wonder.

Hmmm. Maybe she needs rescuing...

Comments

[evilwillow.livejournal.com]

Step away from the spider.. Debs you would not be able to feed her - you would feel sorry for the crickets and want to rescue them too

xx

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

But she is so beeeyooteeful!

and crickets, you're quite right, crickets are lovely, I couldn't feed her crickets. But cockroaches are crickets gone over to the dark side. I could feed her cockroaches...provided I could bring them into the house in the first place...

Roaches, ugh!

[evilwillow.livejournal.com]

so how you do think you are going to feed her then? If you can't handle the ones you *would* feed her? You can't just dump them all in at once you know, you have to put them in a couple at a time, otherwise they pester the spider and she ends up killing them for peace and quiet rather than for food.

xx

*sigh*

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

All this and urtucating (?)hairs too.

No, you are quite right. I wouldn't like to touch a cockroach, never mind keep a supply of them in the house. Locusts perhaps. But even then, it's not an easy idea.

I have to face the fact I am not good spider keeper material. It's easier when I don't see how fantastic she looks. She's clearly an arachnid enchantress. I step away, slowly, reluctantly...

[november-girl.livejournal.com]

If you managed to get spiders to breed like your gerbils did then you'd be a very rich woman.

[thalinoviel.livejournal.com]

However, you'd also have a large tank full of tarantulas in your study. Which I feel must be a balancing factor.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Good point, well made.

I suspect they lose their charm in hordes.