Tarantula

Tarantula!

Pulling into the drive of a colleague’s house in Dallas, I saw something huge run for cover. Could it be? Yes, it was a tarantula. I thought they were confined to South America but apparently not. I’ve now educated myself and can confirm that pretty much anywhere south of the Pyrenees in the world, you could encounter a tarantula. Bummer.

Ken had a bit of a play with this one. As I started recording this video, I was just able to capture it trying to run up Ken’s trouser leg. Now, that would have been a video!

2 Responses to “Tarantula”

  1. Abigail said on June 6th, 2010 at 4:56 pm:

    At least you could’ve used a LONG stick! Lovely, guys! Hope it didn’t make it into the house.

  2. John said on August 11th, 2010 at 2:10 am:

    no it didn’t… and thankfully it wasn’t one of the ones that shoots hairs into your eyes… I didn’t know they could do that until I read up on them online

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