Prepare to be prepared for Cute Creatures!

16 april 2017

I don't mind killing musquitos. My neck gets sweaty when wasps and such focus on me…
Cockroaches I consider Yuck especially 15 cm (6 inches) ones that we will get to see. But they aren't dirty at all I know now!
Scorpios we might encounter, so what to do???

I have a soft spot for all kinds of animals but would scream out of fear if a spider starts running which he does… Out of fear for me!

SO! Time to visit a dear friend who has Spiders & Scorpios, and also Cockroaches (food for the spiders). With all the Prepping that comes with this journey I wanna overcome my fear for 8 legged creatures that we will encounter by hundreds!!!

2 big photos are Tarantulas (Theraphosidae); you can see his fangs of approx 1+ cm (0.5 inches) which are very strong. So when he gets into the upright position and puts his fangs forward you do not want to get near. He won't jump at you. This is the defensive pose, protecting himself and his territory. Invade and he will bite deeeeeply into you hand!!! Or foot…

Top Right is a sweet gentle Mexican Red Knee (Brachipelma Smithi)
Middle Right is very scared and runs fast
Bottom Right is a black scorpio, pretty harmless. When picking up, our friend did use tweezers on it's tail though (left, just outside of the torch' light). At this stage… I just looked

Deze foto werd gemaakt op 16 april 2017.