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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Tarantulas, good for the pet market but I leave them be.

Hey, I used to have a pet tarantula. Actually, I've owned two, when I
was a teenager. I'm a good example of what happens when you own an
exotic pet and don't know how to take care of it. Found out after they
both died that they need to be regularly sprayed with water, which never
would have occurred to me.

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"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Tarantulas, good for the pet market but I leave them be. They are not
common here. You must have a lot of sage brush??

Yes. We also have scorpions, black widows, and the odd brown recluse.

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Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Tarantulas, good for the pet market but I leave them be.

Hey, I used to have a pet tarantula. Actually, I've owned two, when I
was a teenager. I'm a good example of what happens when you own an
exotic pet and don't know how to take care of it. Found out after they
both died that they need to be regularly sprayed with water, which never
would have occurred to me.

I had one for awhile as well. Kept the bedding sand damp and made sure
that it had a wet sponge to drink from. It ate crickets, moths, and any
other bug I could catch for it. :-) She lived for a little over a year.

I just try not to keep wild animals as pets anymore, altho' I do have a
young bullfrog right now but I raised her from a tadpole I bought at the
pet store. She morphed in early January and is about 2" long now.

Remarkably calm and tame.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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JC Der Koenig said:

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Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Tarantulas, good for the pet market but I leave them be. They are not
common here. You must have a lot of sage brush??

Yes. We also have scorpions, black widows, and the odd brown recluse.

Scorpions make interesting pets...
They also eat crickets (and each other) ;-)

Oh, and scorpions are low carb too.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Tarantulas, good for the pet market but I leave them be.

Hey, I used to have a pet tarantula. Actually, I've owned two, when I
was a teenager. I'm a good example of what happens when you own an
exotic pet and don't know how to take care of it. Found out after they
both died that they need to be regularly sprayed with water, which never
would have occurred to me.

I had one for awhile as well. Kept the bedding sand damp and made sure
that it had a wet sponge to drink from. It ate crickets, moths, and any
other bug I could catch for it. :-) She lived for a little over a year.

I just try not to keep wild animals as pets anymore, altho' I do have a
young bullfrog right now but I raised her from a tadpole I bought at the
pet store. She morphed in early January and is about 2" long now.

Remarkably calm and tame.

Neat. I've been thinking about getting another tarantula, now that I
know a bit more about them and I'm no longer dating an arachnaphobe.
Except either my cat would figure out a way into the terrarium and try
to eat it, or if he couldn't figure out a way in it would drive him
crazy.

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

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JC Der Koenig said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Tarantulas, good for the pet market but I leave them be. They are not
common here. You must have a lot of sage brush??

Yes. We also have scorpions, black widows, and the odd brown recluse.

We get brown recluses and black widows here in GA too. My shed at my
old house was totally infested with black widows, which is why I never
went in there. I think my favorite spiders are the garden spiders,
those big black and yellow ones that do the zig-zag down the middle of
the web, you know? Pretty spider, pretty webs.

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

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I think my favorite spiders are the garden spiders,
those big black and yellow ones that do the zig-zag down the middle of
the web, you know?

Not really.

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JC Der Koenig said:

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I think my favorite spiders are the garden spiders,
those big black and yellow ones that do the zig-zag down the middle of
the web, you know?

Not really.

Aww, look how pretty! http://www.infobreaks.com/insects/ggs.jpg

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

Luna <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> In article <[email hidden]>,
:> "JC Der Koenig" <[email hidden]> wrote:
:>
:>> "Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
:>> news:[email hidden]...
:>> >
:>> >
:>> > I think my favorite spiders are the garden spiders,
:>> > those big black and yellow ones that do the zig-zag down the
:>> > middle of the web, you know?
:>> >
:>> Not really.
:>
:> Aww, look how pretty! http://www.infobreaks.com/insects/ggs.jpg

Not my idea of pretty, but to each her own.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
OmManiPadmeOmelet <[email hidden]> wrote:

>
> Tarantulas, good for the pet market but I leave them be.

Hey, I used to have a pet tarantula. Actually, I've owned two, when I
was a teenager. I'm a good example of what happens when you own an
exotic pet and don't know how to take care of it. Found out after they
both died that they need to be regularly sprayed with water, which never
would have occurred to me.

I had one for awhile as well. Kept the bedding sand damp and made sure
that it had a wet sponge to drink from. It ate crickets, moths, and any
other bug I could catch for it. :-) She lived for a little over a year.

I just try not to keep wild animals as pets anymore, altho' I do have a
young bullfrog right now but I raised her from a tadpole I bought at the
pet store. She morphed in early January and is about 2" long now.

Remarkably calm and tame.

Neat. I've been thinking about getting another tarantula, now that I
know a bit more about them and I'm no longer dating an arachnaphobe.
Except either my cat would figure out a way into the terrarium and try
to eat it, or if he couldn't figure out a way in it would drive him
crazy.

Heh. ;-)
I keep Sigmund's terrarium in the bathroom, same place I keep the Beta
tank. Bathroom door stays closed at all times so curious kitties cannot
bother them.

I'm sure they'd find the crickets in the frog tank fascinating!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

JC Der Koenig said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Tarantulas, good for the pet market but I leave them be. They are not
common here. You must have a lot of sage brush??

Yes. We also have scorpions, black widows, and the odd brown recluse.

We get brown recluses and black widows here in GA too. My shed at my
old house was totally infested with black widows, which is why I never
went in there. I think my favorite spiders are the garden spiders,
those big black and yellow ones that do the zig-zag down the middle of
the web, you know? Pretty spider, pretty webs.

Aka "Yellow garden spider", commonly called Bananna spiders.

I've seen them spin monster webs and I've tossed grasshoppers into their
webs from time to time. I wish I had more of them in my garden!
Excellent predators.

The most interesting spiders I've ever had in my yard were "kite
spiders". Here is a picture of one that lived in my greenhouse this
spring. She had a few babies, then passed away. The kids hung around for
awhile but left. I was sad, one of them was orange so very colorful. :-(

http://tinypic.com/dwq5uw.jpg

She had just captured and was munching on a small gnat when I took this
pic.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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JC Der Koenig said:

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I think my favorite spiders are the garden spiders,
those big black and yellow ones that do the zig-zag down the middle of
the web, you know?

Not really.

Probably too dry where you are for them. :-)
Too bad, they are magnificent! And voracious...

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/black_and_yel
low_argiope.htm

Average web size for an adult female is a good 24" to 36" across, but
I've had them spin 6' webs starting from low tree branches.

Amazing creatures! I always encourage and protect them when one moves in.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

JC Der Koenig said:

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I think my favorite spiders are the garden spiders,
those big black and yellow ones that do the zig-zag down the middle of
the web, you know?

Not really.

Aww, look how pretty! http://www.infobreaks.com/insects/ggs.jpg

That's a better pic than the one I posted. :-)

I've had a couple of little bitty male ones hang out in the greenhouses,
but the big girls are always out around the main gardens.

The males are about 1/3 the size of the females as adults.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

Roger Zoul said:

Luna <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> In article <[email hidden]>,
:> "JC Der Koenig" <[email hidden]> wrote:
:>
:>> "Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
:>> news:[email hidden]...
:>> >
:>> >
:>> > I think my favorite spiders are the garden spiders,
:>> > those big black and yellow ones that do the zig-zag down the
:>> > middle of the web, you know?
:>> >
:>> Not really.
:>
:> Aww, look how pretty! http://www.infobreaks.com/insects/ggs.jpg

Not my idea of pretty, but to each her own.

I like spiders.......
Great organic pest control!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:06:26 GMT, Luna wrote in
alt.support.diet.low-carb:

Quoted message said:

Neat. I've been thinking about getting another tarantula, now that I
know a bit more about them and I'm no longer dating an arachnaphobe.
Except either my cat would figure out a way into the terrarium and try
to eat it, or if he couldn't figure out a way in it would drive him
crazy.

Y'know, I've always had a fairly medium-heavy touch of arachnophobia,
and one time I very nearly almost bought a pet tarantula, figuring that
familiarity with the beast would help the phobia. Then it occurred to me
that some morning I'd wake up and find the terrarium empty...

I could just see the ad: "House for sale. Cheap. AS IS!"

Well, I'm still an arachnophobe, and after a couple dozen sport
parachute jumps I'm still uneasy on a highrise balcony. Phobias - ya
gotta love 'em.

Hey, I lost the original message, but somebody in this thread used
"banana spider" for the common garden spider. The only place I've ever
heard them called that was in NE Pennsylvania a zillion years ago.
Nowhere else. So to whomever that was: where else do they use that name?

--
[censored] Yuknavech

Why put fault tolerance in the OS, when it's already built into the
User?

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censored Yuknavech I-give-up.@dontspamcom said:

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:06:26 GMT, Luna wrote in
alt.support.diet.low-carb:

Quoted message said:

Neat. I've been thinking about getting another tarantula, now that I
know a bit more about them and I'm no longer dating an arachnaphobe.
Except either my cat would figure out a way into the terrarium and try
to eat it, or if he couldn't figure out a way in it would drive him
crazy.

Y'know, I've always had a fairly medium-heavy touch of arachnophobia,
and one time I very nearly almost bought a pet tarantula, figuring that
familiarity with the beast would help the phobia. Then it occurred to me
that some morning I'd wake up and find the terrarium empty...

I could just see the ad: "House for sale. Cheap. AS IS!"

Well, I'm still an arachnophobe, and after a couple dozen sport
parachute jumps I'm still uneasy on a highrise balcony. Phobias - ya
gotta love 'em.

Hey, I lost the original message, but somebody in this thread used
"banana spider" for the common garden spider. The only place I've ever
heard them called that was in NE Pennsylvania a zillion years ago.
Nowhere else. So to whomever that was: where else do they use that name?

Central Texas. :-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

censored Yuknavech I-give-up.@dontspamcom said:

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:06:26 GMT, Luna wrote in
alt.support.diet.low-carb:

Quoted message said:

Neat. I've been thinking about getting another tarantula, now that I
know a bit more about them and I'm no longer dating an arachnaphobe.
Except either my cat would figure out a way into the terrarium and try
to eat it, or if he couldn't figure out a way in it would drive him
crazy.

Y'know, I've always had a fairly medium-heavy touch of arachnophobia,
and one time I very nearly almost bought a pet tarantula, figuring that
familiarity with the beast would help the phobia. Then it occurred to me
that some morning I'd wake up and find the terrarium empty...

I could just see the ad: "House for sale. Cheap. AS IS!"

Heh. Actually, the first terrarium I had was pre-owned, and it had this
light fixture on the lid and sort of a grid up there for air flow.
Well, the previous owner had used a bulb that was too high a wattage for
the plastic, and the grid bars had melted a bit. Didn't look like the
spider could get through there, but she managed it and escaped into my
room. While she was out, she molted. When tarantulas molt, they leave
a skin that looks just like them, so I thought I'd found her but it was
just her skin. I eventually did find her, and she was fine. So, I got
a new terrarium that had a screen on the lid. Then I soon learned that
my little Jezebel was a gymnast, because she would climb the side of the
terrarium, walk upside down under the lid, then let go with all but two
legs and swing back and forth before letting go and landing. First time
I saw her do it I freaked out thinking she'd splatter when she landed,
but nope, she landed just fine on all eight legs. Then she went right
back up and did it again, several times. Like I said before, I'm no
tarantula expert, so I don't know if that's "normal" or not. Sure was
amusing to watch though.

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

Jeeeez, Om....come to NC and buy land with TREES on it for 4 K per acre.

Not to even mention you cant swing a dead cat here and NOT hit a stream.
Acreage with trees AND a clean, sparkling, clear stream beats hell outa
anything you can get in west Texas, for god's sake.

BUYing land in west Texas....is like buying land in Hell. WHY would
anyboidy do it? Well, besides der Konehead, I mean? He has a natural
afinity for rattlesnakes, tumbleweeds and blue-tailed lizards. Is the
turkey buzzard still the state bird?

OF COURSE the land is dirt cheap there....it's CHEAP DIRT.

WHY? Because NOBODY wants it. There's no water. You know what land is
worth that doesnt have water? ZIPPO! That's why the land is cheap. If
you buy the cheap dirt, then have to spend god knows what
drilling....and drilling.....and drilling for water.....

Screw Texas. Come to God's Country, the beautiful Smoky Mountains.
Trees and plentiful water....low property taxes.... and, at this time,
land is doubling in value about every five-six years. People who used to
want to retire in Florida are now too aware of hurricaines in coastal
places....so, are coming to north and Soiuth Carolina in ever-increasing
numbers to escape the winters of the north, escape big city life and not
have to worry about the Big Blow.

LassChance
5-16 202/178/160

Quoted message said:

"Hunting for jack rabbits, rattle snakes, or
coyotes?" JC

my point, exactly. here, we have deer, bear and boar, wild turkeys all
over the place......trout, too.

Lass

"Coyote hides and skulls do well on ebay.;-)
I understand there are a lot of wild turkey and javalina out there, and
there are deer if you run a feeder?
Om."

I guess the smiley thingy means you're kidding....right? I mean....you
wouldnt kill a coyote for his skull and pelt....right? and...."run a
feeder"? Does that mean....lure the deer with food, which there's so
little of, they naturally come to the feeder........then blow their
heads off?

Did you know that coyote's main food is moles and voles, prairie dogs
and other small rodents? and that more cattle are destroyed every year
because they've broken a leg stepping in a prairie dog hole than have
been killed by coyotes? And that a female generally has one or two pups
a year EXCEPT when the ranchero rednecks go on a coyote killing spree?
When the coyote population is severely diminished, a female will produce
two or more litters of three or four pups or more. In other
words....the more coyotes are killed, the more are produced?

The coyote is probably the most misunderstood, wrongly maligned,
over-hunted and needlessly destroyed animal in north America. The
wholesale slaughter of them, yearly, not out of real need, but out of
superstitious fear and illogical blind hatred and pure ignorance ....is
shameful.

LassChance