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Eek, I hate spiders.
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 ๐
Here is an example of a male tarantula wanking off into his badly made wanket ๐๐๐
https://www.reddit.com/r/tarantulas/s/ACV3sAVdIW
I might leave that link green haha.
Yeah, same...