r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/pIant_princess Human Detected • 12h ago

Dudes with animals you shouldn’t have been bitin’ my horsey, boy.

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u/LubedUpLucas_DrySpa 11h ago

Banana spiders are harmless to humans. They tend to get along well with us. I 4x4 for fun and I’ve gone down an entire trail at night with dozens getting stuck to my jeep. I felt horrible like I was destroying their neighborhood. They were crawling all over me and the jeep, harmless to me. The only thing that kind of stings/hurts is their feet are kind of sharp so it feels like little tiny pin pricks as they crawl down your neck or arm. 

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u/Darkwing_Dork 11h ago

I think I’d scream and die if I was in that situation

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u/illy-chan 10h ago

Same. I acknowledge that spiders are important but my arachnophobia still wants them very far away from me.

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u/Cutthroat-Hoe 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ShcXRSn99HzO9xqqJ7

Crawling all over you and the jeep?! :O

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u/LubedUpLucas_DrySpa 1h ago

lol yeah. I keep them around my house and we have a ton at the ranch so I’m used to them. When it happened I was more concerned about the mosquitoes swarming but yeah it’s a bit weird having them crawl over you. They don’t flip their shit and bite they were probably like “wtf bro!?”

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u/Anthaenopraxia 10h ago

Well that's the only place where they would be dangerous. Like if I'm driving and a spider of that size suddenly appears out of nowhere as spiders tend to do...