Hi everyone, I'm a newbie on here.

[Nick Ashley]

It's interesting how everyone is different... I have been fascinated with Natural History since I could crawl, particularly spiders. I have been keeping them for 25 years now..but I can honestly say that they still phase me more than anything else. Scorpions, snakes, centipedes...no problem... but I have never got used to the amazing turn of speed tarantulas have. 0 - 100mph in the blink of an eye..or should that be 0 to rotated 180 degrees legs grabbing tweezers and paaaniiic!!

I recently had a Poeci running round the ceiling which had a similar effect to a triple espresso followed by a red bull chaser! lol

[Nicola Dolby]

Yes Nick Pokies have a habit of doing that! Recently I had a couple of mine in 5l cereal contaioners and put them by my bed whilst I was watching telly. I took the lids off for better air circulation for an hour or so, figuring as they were about 2 foot away and had legspans of 18 cm I'd see them if they tried to get out. anyway about half an hour later I got up to make a cup of tea and one was sitting above the bedroom door on guard! how on earth it got past me and up there I'll never know. Got her back safely but she wasn't amused! I put her pic below which I took the next day.

[R Thomas]

I had a couple of mine in 5l cereal contaioners and put them by my bed whilst I was watching telly....later I got up to make a cup of tea and one was sitting above the bedroom door on guard! how on earth it got past me and up there I'll never know.

You were not watching a soap on the TV at the time were you?

If you were that explains the mad dash attempt to flee as far away as possible and some people think we are the more intelligent creature lol

Sorry could not resist that.

Richard

[Nicola Dolby]

I can't remember, might have been a political programme (that explains a lot!)