Hopefully the my icon here tells you my position.

  • @l_b_iOP
    link
    fedilink
    English
    16 months ago

    Spiders are awesome because they eat the annoying bugs, and its really fun to watch them build a web. Its funny you say too many legs because I love it when I’m out hiking and find a millipede. Basement centipedes are fine as they are another annoying bug eater, I don’t really come across any large centipedes, but I’d probably steer clear of those.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      26 months ago

      See, I’m cool with millipedes - mainly because they fall in the camp of “not venomous”. And if they actually are venomous, I don’t want that information haha.

      The basement centipedes creep me out but I’m not necessarily afraid of them.

      Giant centipedes actually present a roughly equivalent danger as a venomous snake. It can be treated with antivenom (I think anyway), but left untreated can actually be fatal.

      Spiders fall in a camp of genuine phobia for me. It’s a pure lizard-brain fear reaction when it comes to them and it’s really hard to overcome.

      • @l_b_iOP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        16 months ago

        I sure hope millipedes are non venomous, I like playing with them. I would have to look up to verify, but I think some species excrete something when injured that monkeys use.

        Sorry about the spiders for you, I’m cautious around hunting spiders, but no phobia.