Or, if wearing shoes, a crazy, terrified dance to stomp them into the floor before they (1) disappear into a crack or (2) scurry up your leg.
For some reason, they grow to enormous size here - 2-3 inches isn’t uncommon.
Plus, they have that nasty yellow-and-dark banding that just screams “I’m venemous!” at you.
Gaaah!
Freaky.
I had just read this thread when I decided to indulge in a persimmon. I gave it a wash and carefully romoved the calyx with a spoon and discoverd a black yerky looking hollow containing a GAAAH*
My favourite fruit should not EVER contain arachnids.
Besides I’m a vegetarian.
*a slightly smaller than a pea black spider. I would have taken a picture but the little bugger went missing after I instinctivly flung it and the persimmon across the room.
They eat crickets. It must take considerable speed and strength to do that, relatively speaking, so these guys are fairly badass. It must also suck to be preyed upon and eaten by a hundred-legged creature many times your size and faster as well, come to think of it.
Marmot!? Cut it out, you’re minking me look bad!
So seriously, does the “it was a centipede” option better explain why there was no trace of the flung interloper when the lights went on? Could one of those get laid on, get in three bites in the process, and run away after?
Come to think of it, can spiders bite three times that fast?
**madrabbitwoman: ** What the heck was a GAAAH! doing inside a luscious tasty persimmon, anyway? That’s just wrong.
P.S.: vetbridge: Yes, like that. I was thinking of a dried one, though. Smaller.
Yeah, but check out this guy.
I don’t know. Maybe it thought it was a handy spot to lay in wait for fruit eating bugs?
Maybe it was laying inwait for **ME ** :eek:
I’m pretty sure that all spi… … sp… .spid. … GAHHH …theyre out to get me you see. I have had 5 bites in the last 20 years already. {{{{{Shudder}}}}