There’s an unexpected guest! Time to give him a warm welcome….
In a perfect world I may have humanely captured the spider and freed him into the wilderness… but I am not very humane in the morning. It was a one-hit kill so don’t feel too bad.
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All kidding aside, I’m glad I’m not the only one who has had the pleasure (read: horror) of meeting one of these guys. I wonder if I would have been less frightened first thing in the morning.
NNNNNNNnnnnnnooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
that is an awful thing to have done. Spiders are our friends.
I’ll remember that next time Franc. If I ever see another one I’ll be sure to call you and Michael over to help me catch it… There will be a case of beer in the refrigerator to aid the process.
I’d have kept the giant spider to go after the giant cockroaches. Now that would be entertaining. It looks like a Huntsman spider from Australia, though I don’t know that much about spiders.
I’d have torched it and called in a hazmat team to dispose of the ashes, but I guess just a THUACK with a shoe kills it just as much…
How big was the thing? And, more importantly, does he have a vengeful family seeking justice???
Paul, I was lucky the one hit killed it, because when after I hit it the first time I jumped so far back that he could have easily escaped by the time I got back around to striking him again. As for family members I’m yet to see any… I sure hope I don’t.
Edit: Seems I didn’t answer your question regarding the spider’s size Paul. It’s body was about the size of half a fist… but its leg-span is what sent its WTF rating through the roof.
I saw <a href=http://picasaweb.google.com/ielainos/Thailand2007/photo#5088914208968571186″one of these guys while in Thailand (and yeah, they are Huntsman spiders), and I have to say, I like them a lot better alive than curled in the dead spider position (shudder). Poor thing…
They do seem to lose legs easily, though, don’t they?
I like them a lot better outside than in my bedroom Sonia…. I think you would too!
last week Hui-chen said “look!” in a very excited tone and pointed to the biggest spider i have yet seen in Taiwan (which is saying a lot). i won’t tell you the outcome, but i will say that the spider had an even chance due to its size and speed!