# I'm teasing a spider. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070 "2007-03-15T18:59:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/21 "2007-03-15T21:09:40Z")
This happened to my friend while he was using my laptop a while ago. [Here’s a video of the little guy in action](http://www.vimeo.com/clip:73230). ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/22 "2007-03-15T21:52:48Z")
I wish I had a spider on _my_ screen. That’s how bored I am at work. It’s too cold outside for spiders or I’d go looking for one. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/23 "2007-03-15T22:02:39Z")
Get it a bug already!! I’ve heard that it’s bad luck to give spiders a bad time. They can haunt you in your dreams and bite you in your waking hours. ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/24 "2007-03-15T22:17:07Z")
I quite like to tease spiders by putting bits of paper in their webs and jiggling it with a twig. It’s hilarious to watch them come out of their hidey-hole (probably excited by the thought of a juicy fly), pick the litter up and throw it away as though they’re exclaiming ‘what the hell is this?!’ Perhaps I’m just easily amused… ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/25 "2007-03-15T22:21:31Z")
The most interesting aspect of this experiment is: who will tire of the game first? The spider or the human? Which species has the better ability to stay focused? ---
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/26 "2007-03-15T22:42:57Z")
I hates Spiders! I found a spider in my car today and I squirshed it with a kleenex and threw it in King Soopers trash! {{shudder}} ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/27 "2007-03-15T23:24:27Z")
[QUOTE=Rufus Xavier] The most interesting aspect of this experiment is: who will tire of the game first? The spider or the human? Which species has the better ability to stay focused? [/QUOTE] Heh. Heh. No clear answer yet. It’s 7:20, he/she is ACTIVELY watching as I type this out, and…oh god hilarious, chasing the text across the screen. When I first booted up again, Jearl was not moving. I tried teasing him, and after a few moments, he woke up ( Do Spiders Dream Of Eight-Legged Sheep? 😉 ), and is now his usual scampy self. How can I get him a bug??? He doesn’t have a web. He has a Web. Which hs browses. I’d say he’s more focused, I’m more amused. Never know. He might be more amused but I’m having trouble forcing myself close enough to see if he is smirking. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/28 "2007-03-15T23:30:03Z")
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=] This happened to my friend while he was using my laptop a while ago. [Here’s a video of the little guy in action](http://www.vimeo.com/clip:73230). [/QUOTE] **same freakin’ spider** Oh gosh. What are the odds of that??? What’s very cool is that she spins 180 as I move the curson in close quickly, and underneath. There’s a Master’s Degree in this somewhere. I just know it. I can see it now. I’ll take my Apple Cinema Display in to the Apple Store because there are ALL of these very tiny sub-pixel sized black dots. The Mac Genius will take a jeweler’s loupe and examine it, then sternly glare at me, exclaiming, " You’re one of those ArachnaSadists, aren’t you? You BASTARD !!! I’ve seen this before. " It’ll turn out to be tiny holes dug into the surface as she’s been striking over and over again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/29 "2007-03-16T00:34:52Z")
Q: How many spiders does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: None, because I fucking hate spiders. Well, it’s funny in my head. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/30 "2007-03-16T01:15:09Z")
…And in the morning he awoke to find a delicate spiderweb suspended between the mouse and the monitor. In the center of the web, neatly woven in block letters, was a message. It said: [SOME PIXEL](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Special/web.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/31 "2007-03-16T02:33:54Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] I cannot figure out what this says about me, but it sure is fun- and harmless to the insect. [/QUOTE] Spiders are not insects; they are arachnids, like cats and scorpions. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/32 "2007-03-16T02:59:57Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] Spiders are not insects [/QUOTE] But in a war, they will side with the insects. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/33 "2007-03-16T03:04:43Z")
That is awesome. Thanks for the cool links. Too bad you don’t have a digital camera, most of them will take some few minutes of recording. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/34 "2007-03-16T03:05:24Z")
She looks like some sort of wolf or jumping spider: they have that basic body shape, and have very nice vision, since they track their prey visually. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/35 "2007-03-16T03:21:10Z")
[QUOTE=ErinPuff] But in a war, they will side with the insects. [/QUOTE] If by “side with” you mean “kill and eat”, sure. Spiders are our friends! ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/36 "2007-03-16T03:27:30Z")
I was expecting bigger. Our spiders tend to be much larger, and I couldn’t help thinking WHY WHY is he letting a 3-inch spider WANDER AROUND his COMPUTER SCREEN but now I see it and I think it’s kinda cute. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/37 "2007-03-16T03:49:08Z")
Now I want a spider on my screen! When I was young, I’d catch moths and throw them onto the web of this gorgeous, huge garden spider in my neighbor’s yard. That thing had enough food to last him years. It was such a cool thing to watch him zip out to the struggling moth and quickly wrap it up with thread. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/38 "2007-03-16T07:15:26Z")
One of those SOB’s bit/stung me last summer. It was on a bottle of water in my kitchen. Felt like a shard of glass going into my finger. Finger swelled up and I had a sore hard bump for 3 months after the sting. If you get close to the bastards they rear up on their back legs and threaten you. Rather than running away they jump at you. Pissed me off so bad, I called the exterminaters and gassed all the little bastards. These guys are so evil they kill and eat wasps :eek: ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/39 "2007-03-16T09:21:52Z")
1. **Cartooniverse** starts a thread stating that he is teasing a spider. 2. He then takes a picture of it for proof and continues to train the spider to attack. 3. Level-headed dopers all warn him that IT’S A FREAKING SPIDER, THEY’RE THE ENEMY! 4. **Cartooniverse** ignores those warnings and continues to taunt the spider and update us on what is going on. 5. Updates end. 6. No one hears from\*\* Cartooniverse \*\* again… ever. Oh, and here is another [video](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061027-tarantula-video.html) of a spider attacking a mouse. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070/40 "2007-03-16T13:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=sinjin] If you get close to the bastards they rear up on their back legs and threaten you. Rather than running away they jump at you. [/QUOTE] Which I think is hilarious. “I don’t care if you’re 10,000 times bigger than me, I’m gonna kick your ass!” 😛 Of course I’ve never been bitten by one (at least that I know of - I have been bitten by spiders but never felt it - just found the evidence later on). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teasing-a-spider/396070.md?page=3)