Unless I am mistaken, aren’t basically every kind of Tarantula you can keep as a pet non venomous?
I’m the kind of person that’ll take basically any kind of spider save a black widow and just put it outside while my gf is screaming at 115db to murder it and will then be angry with me for 3 days that I didn’t.
Poor tarantula.
Oh right, this ‘politician’ is an amazing argument for lowering housing costs such that people can afford studios instead of living with crazy ‘main character’ people like this.
They are venomous but non-lethal unless you have significant health issues already. What a tarantula attack is good at is triggering an involuntary fight or flight response.
The really awful thing is that tarantulas are quite fragile. My great aunt used to own a pet store and she killed one just trying to blow some sand off its belly and it leaped out of her hand and cracked itself open on the floor.
Well in MN we need to be cautious of spiders generally because our climate between spring and fall is conducive to venomous spiders of all kinds, both native and invasive. Natively we have black widows, northern widows, brown recluses, wolf spiders, jumping spiders, woodlouse spiders, and many more. Climate change is expected to increase the range of black widows in our state, one of the most venomous spiders in the US. We’re going to experience severe dry and wet seasons, so I expect imports and exports through the great lakes see a massive increase in dnr presence. I hope Walz follows through after our elections.
The person who said is making it mountain out of a nothingburger. If you’re afraid of mosquitos, yeah you might have a problem in some suburbs or rural areas.
I’m from the wet side of the PNW and we have all of those as well, excepting possibly northern widows, I’ve not heard of those.
I’ve spent weeks in cabins and lived in houses and apartments all over WA.
Every single time I have ever seen a spider in a house or apartment, its been something that is totally harmless to humans.
Out in the boonies? Sure, thats where you’ll actually run into some dangerous things.
That being said, I’ve never lived in MN, perhaps dangerous spiders are a more serious threat in urban/suburban areas, and yeah, climate change fucks up everything.
Something absolutely absurd started happening a few years ago, right in the middle of Seattle, like 2 blocks from a main road:
Coyotes.
I’ve seen coyotes out in the foothills occasionally, on trails far from cities, in the brush on the east side of the state.
But… basically that heat wave a few years back, and wildfires and droughts managed to drive a population of coyotes into residential areas of Seattle, likely hunting the rabbits.
They are kinda talking out there ass. I’ve lived in MN or Northern WI for most of my life (since the 70’s) and we don’t give a thought to spiders like that. They are still something I prefer to not be in my house but we’re way more likely to worry about ticks (lyme disease).
Ah, the old Tarantula attack. They never see that one coming.
Unless I am mistaken, aren’t basically every kind of Tarantula you can keep as a pet non venomous?
I’m the kind of person that’ll take basically any kind of spider save a black widow and just put it outside while my gf is screaming at 115db to murder it and will then be angry with me for 3 days that I didn’t.
Poor tarantula.
Oh right, this ‘politician’ is an amazing argument for lowering housing costs such that people can afford studios instead of living with crazy ‘main character’ people like this.
They are venomous but non-lethal unless you have significant health issues already. What a tarantula attack is good at is triggering an involuntary fight or flight response.
The really awful thing is that tarantulas are quite fragile. My great aunt used to own a pet store and she killed one just trying to blow some sand off its belly and it leaped out of her hand and cracked itself open on the floor.
RIP sandy buddy.
Basically every kind of spider is venomous.
They can’t swallow solids very well so instead, their venom liquifies their food and they slurp the juices.
Most spiders aren’t venomous enough to seriously harm a human, but a tarantula bite is gonna hurt.
Well in MN we need to be cautious of spiders generally because our climate between spring and fall is conducive to venomous spiders of all kinds, both native and invasive. Natively we have black widows, northern widows, brown recluses, wolf spiders, jumping spiders, woodlouse spiders, and many more. Climate change is expected to increase the range of black widows in our state, one of the most venomous spiders in the US. We’re going to experience severe dry and wet seasons, so I expect imports and exports through the great lakes see a massive increase in dnr presence. I hope Walz follows through after our elections.
[screaming in arachnophobe]
Remind me never to visit MN
Spiders here mostly keep to themselves, and mostly well away.
Historically, our winters have kept critters small.
It’s the GOP you need to be worried about. Those fuckers will infect you with their crazy and then suck your blood dry.
(We also brought you the guy who thought schools were accommodating furies with kitty litter.)
The person who said is making it mountain out of a nothingburger. If you’re afraid of mosquitos, yeah you might have a problem in some suburbs or rural areas.
I’m from the wet side of the PNW and we have all of those as well, excepting possibly northern widows, I’ve not heard of those.
I’ve spent weeks in cabins and lived in houses and apartments all over WA.
Every single time I have ever seen a spider in a house or apartment, its been something that is totally harmless to humans.
Out in the boonies? Sure, thats where you’ll actually run into some dangerous things.
That being said, I’ve never lived in MN, perhaps dangerous spiders are a more serious threat in urban/suburban areas, and yeah, climate change fucks up everything.
Something absolutely absurd started happening a few years ago, right in the middle of Seattle, like 2 blocks from a main road:
Coyotes.
I’ve seen coyotes out in the foothills occasionally, on trails far from cities, in the brush on the east side of the state.
But… basically that heat wave a few years back, and wildfires and droughts managed to drive a population of coyotes into residential areas of Seattle, likely hunting the rabbits.
That was pretty stunning to me.
They are kinda talking out there ass. I’ve lived in MN or Northern WI for most of my life (since the 70’s) and we don’t give a thought to spiders like that. They are still something I prefer to not be in my house but we’re way more likely to worry about ticks (lyme disease).
All spiders (and tarantulas) are venomous.
Whether or not the venom is medically significant to humans… That varies by species.
Personally, I prefer pocket sand