Spiders are fucked. As far as insects go, they’re not the worst (hi, cockroaches) simply because for the most part they keep to themselves by hanging about on your walls, or behind your toilet or whatever. Generally, they’re only fucked if they are found on your actual person or in your car. I think we can all agree with this statement.
We Aussies have a pretty high tolerance when it comes to spiders because we have the Huntsman, which we all know is harmless even though it looks like the spawn of the devil.
But even Aussies can have the bejeezus scared out of us by a particularly monstrous critter. Like Jay Ayoub, a Sydney tradie who shared this absolutely fucked tale of a spider you will literally develop hives over when you see it.
See, Jay was just casually working on a job site in Oyster Bay, when he felt something crawling up his arm.
“I felt it crawling up my arm and seen it when it was near my shoulder,” Mr. Ayoub posted on his Facebook. “I’m not easily scared but was a little freaked about the size of it.”
Just a little. Just a little FREAKED OUT OVER THIS.
Welp I’m never venturing outside again, that’s it I’m done.
“I grabbed it from the back like you would grab a crab,” Mr. Ayoub continued in his post. Just casual. Just casually picking up a hand-sized monster bug.
The spider is actually an Australian Tarantula, also known as the Bird-Eating Spider. Cool. This is all chill.
The species is venomous but not super threatening – they’ll only arc up if provoked, which is probably why Mr. Ayoub could move it without it stabbing it’s fangs into his hand.
If you are bitten however, it’ll cause severe illness, nausea and vomiting! How fun!
As I have said many a time before, let’s just murder all the insects. I’m sure the world will be fine and the natural order of things won’t go up in flames.
