▲ 1167 ▼ mercy merci (mander.xyz) submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago (5 children) Right, spiders at home are very usefull https://www.iflscience.com/australian-man-explains-why-he-let-a-spider-the-size-of-his-face-live-in-his-house-for-a-year-66740 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago Second, find a take-away container, scoop the spider into the container What, like an excavator? permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago FUCK THAT permalink fedilink source parent [–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (2 children) We let huntsman spiders live in our houses, they're harmless and keep other insects down. That one has been eating well. They're not often that big permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yes, I know that Huntsman are calm and not dangerous for humans ¹, as mostly the bigger spiders are not, dangerous are some smaller ones (few, also in Australia), but anyway I would try to sleep with my mouth closed. ¹ https://youtube.com/shorts/uQDAP6F0Pjg permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago I'm sure they would only venture onto you if they were persuing something that already ran onto you You're big and scary and dangerous to something as small as a dinner plate sized spider, they're not going to risk walking on megafauna (did you know we are megafauna?) Tiny spiders might not have the perspective to recognise that we're living things, but they crawl on us when we're awake. Huntsmans keep a distance from us, and think they're perfectly camouflaged while they stand still, as they are when they're not on an ivory white wall permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago Second, find a take-away container, scoop the spider into the container What, like an excavator? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (2 children) We let huntsman spiders live in our houses, they're harmless and keep other insects down. That one has been eating well. They're not often that big permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yes, I know that Huntsman are calm and not dangerous for humans ¹, as mostly the bigger spiders are not, dangerous are some smaller ones (few, also in Australia), but anyway I would try to sleep with my mouth closed. ¹ https://youtube.com/shorts/uQDAP6F0Pjg permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago I'm sure they would only venture onto you if they were persuing something that already ran onto you You're big and scary and dangerous to something as small as a dinner plate sized spider, they're not going to risk walking on megafauna (did you know we are megafauna?) Tiny spiders might not have the perspective to recognise that we're living things, but they crawl on us when we're awake. Huntsmans keep a distance from us, and think they're perfectly camouflaged while they stand still, as they are when they're not on an ivory white wall permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yes, I know that Huntsman are calm and not dangerous for humans ¹, as mostly the bigger spiders are not, dangerous are some smaller ones (few, also in Australia), but anyway I would try to sleep with my mouth closed. ¹ https://youtube.com/shorts/uQDAP6F0Pjg permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago I'm sure they would only venture onto you if they were persuing something that already ran onto you You're big and scary and dangerous to something as small as a dinner plate sized spider, they're not going to risk walking on megafauna (did you know we are megafauna?) Tiny spiders might not have the perspective to recognise that we're living things, but they crawl on us when we're awake. Huntsmans keep a distance from us, and think they're perfectly camouflaged while they stand still, as they are when they're not on an ivory white wall permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago I'm sure they would only venture onto you if they were persuing something that already ran onto you You're big and scary and dangerous to something as small as a dinner plate sized spider, they're not going to risk walking on megafauna (did you know we are megafauna?) Tiny spiders might not have the perspective to recognise that we're living things, but they crawl on us when we're awake. Huntsmans keep a distance from us, and think they're perfectly camouflaged while they stand still, as they are when they're not on an ivory white wall permalink fedilink source parent
