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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

rain and spiders, so many spiders

no matter , this i all about rest, plans, and doing things

and spending time with the young seagoons :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

these are harmless

There is also a cheeky pupster, she already stole my breakfast buns from the bag when the car was being unpacked

the buns were gone is one sec and then she ran away around the corner because she knew she was naughty , but she's cute

this country is also obsessed with feijoa fruits ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/ZW7p1Qb-1F4

It might help you to learn about their evolution - they look weird AF and creepy because they come from the sea - I had arachnophobia, and while I still get that initial shock at seeing one, I can rationalise my way out of it now. That's because I basically did a sort of 'exposure therapy' on myself by learning about their evolution, behaviours and biology. The Tarantula subreddit helped immensely - seeing a male lying upside in his wank-blanket (or wanket) is the stupidest looking thing ever ๐Ÿ˜‚

Here is an example of a male tarantula wanking off into his badly made wanket ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

https://www.reddit.com/r/tarantulas/s/ACV3sAVdIW

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I might leave that link green haha.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Friendly kiwi spiders though.