Spiders are so cool though. These ones grow to be about 2cm long... if that. They used to grow in the trees around my house when I was growing up, my brother and I used to let them explore our hands before we put them back. Even something like this is fine to hold. As long as you don't stress or try to harm it, it will not harm you.
That's a fair point. I choose to believe that if I'm calm and gentle then as far as the spider (or really any creature that I hold) will not see my hand as a threat but rather as a piece of landscape to traverse. Remember how when you were young the world seemed so large, not in a metaphorical sense but in a literal sense. The chairs were bigger, the bench was higher, your parents hands were huge. Imagine that from the sense of an insect. Not only would everything human be incomprehensibly gigantic, it would be indiscernible from an ordinary non-human object. As far as I choose to believe, the spiders and all insects have no concept of humans as anything more than gigantic sometime moving objects therefore they would have no reason to feel threatened except for cases of 'Holy shit, this thing is trying to squish me. I need to defend myself'.
Of course if you have something on your hands that react chemically with the spider in a way acid reacts to our skin, then it will be a different story. Although in this case it is still only what threatens the insect.
Because they have more than one defense. They are fast as shit which works as a good defense by itself. They also have hairs that they flick off of their abdomen that make you itch. Biting is really a last result as it makes them lose venom which takes days to regenerate.
Spiders are so cool though. These ones grow to be about 2cm long... if that. They used to grow in the trees around my house when I was growing up, my brother and I used to let them explore our hands before we put them back. Even something like this is fine to hold. As long as you don't stress or try to harm it, it will not harm you.
How do you know it wont harm you? Spiders aren't exactly the best judges of character let alone intention to harm :D
That's a fair point. I choose to believe that if I'm calm and gentle then as far as the spider (or really any creature that I hold) will not see my hand as a threat but rather as a piece of landscape to traverse. Remember how when you were young the world seemed so large, not in a metaphorical sense but in a literal sense. The chairs were bigger, the bench was higher, your parents hands were huge. Imagine that from the sense of an insect. Not only would everything human be incomprehensibly gigantic, it would be indiscernible from an ordinary non-human object. As far as I choose to believe, the spiders and all insects have no concept of humans as anything more than gigantic sometime moving objects therefore they would have no reason to feel threatened except for cases of 'Holy shit, this thing is trying to squish me. I need to defend myself'.
Of course if you have something on your hands that react chemically with the spider in a way acid reacts to our skin, then it will be a different story. Although in this case it is still only what threatens the insect.
Wow you really like spiders huh? Do u own one as a pet?
I own 7 of them :D
Because they have more than one defense. They are fast as shit which works as a good defense by itself. They also have hairs that they flick off of their abdomen that make you itch. Biting is really a last result as it makes them lose venom which takes days to regenerate.
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