oladulce
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Summer nocturnal visitors
Last night:
"Never heard the cat make that noise before. What's he looking at?"
"Ah, you know. Moths and stuff"
[Edited on 9-3-2011 by oladulce]
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fandango
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F U N N Y ! ! !
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willyAirstream
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I had to scroll down to see the spider, then burst out laughing, Terrific pic!!
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bug wants an apple.
Too funny
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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CP
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Beautiful tarantula!
But that cat makes me nervous....
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oladulce
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CP
Beautiful tarantula!
But that cat makes me nervous.... |
Lito was making a very strange noise, then we realized he was almost nose to nose with the tarantula with only the screen between them.
But it was a different sound than the love song he reserves just for you CP.
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ecomujeres
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Great photo!
One time in Mulege in July, my cat and I were relaxing under the AC, he in a dead sleep. Suddenly, he jerked awake and went into the next room, where
he did a "pointer" kind of thing, standing stock still and fixated on a spot on the wall under the table. He made a kind of mewing/chirping sound
that he reserved for prey. I said, WTF? and looked under the table, only to find a huge tarantula on the wall.
Now, how the heck did he know it was there from his perch on the bed in the other room, with the AC running, and while asleep? I love cats!
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oladulce
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ecomujeres
Great photo!
One time in Mulege in July, my cat and I were relaxing under the AC, he in a dead sleep. Suddenly, he jerked awake and went into the next room, where
he did a "pointer" kind of thing, standing stock still and fixated on a spot on the wall under the table. He made a kind of mewing/chirping sound
that he reserved for prey. I said, WTF? and looked under the table, only to find a huge tarantula on the wall.
Now, how the heck did he know it was there from his perch on the bed in the other room, with the AC running, and while asleep? I love cats!
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IN the house Eco? yikes.
Imagine yourself in the middle of the night: "Gato, you're too restless tonight. Settle down or get off the bed. Gato...?" You turn on the light and
Kitty is across the room, his fur standing up like a porcupine.
Tarantulas are very cool but I'd feel better if they wore a cow bell. I could do without the surprise encounters while gardening or walking around on
summer nights.
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They do get inside on occasion.....
This one I found in my room in Baja - luckily before bedtime!
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great photo and they are so BIG.
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14th Annual Tarantula Awareness Festival
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Coarsegold, California in the foothills of Yosemite
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coarsegold-Tarantula-Festival/...
Can you dig it?
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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I wonder what the Tarantula was thinking? Dinner?? We used to catch them up in the hills of Santa Barbara and bring them home. They stayed in the
China Cabinet until... Darkness, Darkness. Tio
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ecomujeres
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Hola, Ola,
...yep, in the house. I usually left the door ajar in the other room during the day and early evening for the cat to get in and out.
Here's another Baja tarantula story, with the culprit perhaps Smudge the cat and his "pets/toys".
We used to live at the beach and during the day, would leave the back of the pickup/camper shell and the connecting window open so that Smudge (same
cat from my previous story) would have an escape/hiding place if any of the beach dogs were crazy enough to try to take him on (we called him our
"attack cat" when it came to dogs!).
Anyway, one day in late October or November, we headed into Mulege to a friend's house to visit. We did errands in town then hung out for a few hours
with our friend. My partner returned to the car and came back shortly, beckoning me to follow. She pointed to the passenger seat, where a large
tartantula was resting!
That was a truly WTF moment, as we could not for the life of us figure out how it got into the truck! No overhanging trees or shrubs to speak of
anywhere at either end. And this was a high, 3/4 ton truck, so not likely that it climbed up INTO the cabin.
So, this is where Smudge may have come in to the picture. He was quite the hunter, and loved to catch lizards and mice and bring home these "pets"
(usually to the shower stall) to play with. He may have decided to take the spider into the truck to play with and it got loose and he lost interest.
It could have been in there for days. We will never know, as he wasn't admitting any culpability at the time and is now no longer with us, RIP.
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