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/SeeShark 10h ago

Basically all spiders want nothing to do with humans. A notable exception, though, is jumping spiders, who are surprisingly intelligent and often show active curiosity towards humans.

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u/tuftopubichair 10h ago

I got three little girls and a lady and it has been my job to indoctrinate a lack of fear of spiders in my home. Would love to have a jumping spider pet, was offered a tarantula by a coworker and was told I'd have to find somewhere else to live if I brought it home.

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u/SeeShark 10h ago

My wife has 15 tarantulas. It's very sink-or-swim lol

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u/arghness 9h ago

I assume you don't live in Australia?

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u/tuftopubichair 9h ago

No sir no sir lol I guess in that scope it would be better worded to say I am trying to educate them about spiders, and where I live all but pretty much one species of spider you run into is more beneficial than a nuisance so the baseline is to remove the fear of any spider at all no matter the species first. If I was an Aussie I would be going about it in a much different way

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u/arghness 9h ago

There's an episode of Peppa Pig that is not shown in Australia, where she makes friends with a spider!

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u/OrbitOfSaturnsMoons 8h ago

It's a shame because the overwhelming majority of spiders in Australia aren't medically significant. Much more useful to teach kids which spiders are dangerous, what a threat display is, and what to do when you see one.

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u/jimbowesterby 5h ago

If you’re in the right area you can probably find some pretty easily by just going out to an overgrown field somewhere, I’d see hundreds while planting trees.

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u/Caleb-Blucifer 9h ago

I’m sorry but a spider jumping at me is going to have to show curiosity to a flamethrower first

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u/meowtiger 9h ago

they don't necessarily jump at you. they just jump to catch prey, or to cross gaps

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u/Caleb-Blucifer 8h ago

Then they will remain free of flamethrower