Swimming tarantulas in Texas! Yikes!

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That’s awesome! He hauling arse to the nearest Sonic.

It's just one tarantula, you big baby!

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I wonder if a big bass would hit that?

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A big black bass would bust that thing into pieces and chow down.

Black bass alpha males are cichlids and will go after full grown water moccasins and young ducks. That Spider wouldn't even make a good snack. They've got black bass in the canals down in south florida hitting young iguanas and swallowing them whole then swimming around with nothing but the tails twitching outside of their mouths.

Of course Tarantulas don't necessarily like to live on water ... just near moisture. Although some prefer drier climates, if they get loose here in the south we're gonna have a problem.

That reminds me ..... killer bees, another invasive species.

Build that wall!!!!

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Tarantulas are basically harmless. They rarely, if ever bite humans.

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Yes, and also, even when they do bite, their venom is not particularly toxic.

"while painful and aggravating, the tarantula's fangs ... appear to cause no long term damage in most cases."

"venom is of no medical significance, and contrary to popular belief, nobody has ever died from such a bite…"

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Although some prefer drier climates, if they get loose here in the south we're gonna have a problem.

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I seent them in central west Louisiana when I was a kid. After a big rain I noticed a couple crossing a road. You know what they say:
A. Why did the tarantula cross the road?
B. To get to the other side.

I consider Louisiana the south.

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Swimming tarantulas in Texas!

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Need a vagina hat? Laughing my butt off like in high school, walking rural opposing team's field ahead of game when one was going along the 30 yard line so one teammate on crutches (knee in a cast) and other with a paper cup try to catch it. One of the coaches who had been raised in an New Orleans about had a heart attack.