Comments on: Up the Water Spout http://www.roughtheory.org/content/up-the-water-spout/ theory in the rough Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:54:32 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: N Pepperell http://www.roughtheory.org/content/up-the-water-spout/comment-page-1/#comment-23159 N Pepperell Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:44:35 +0000 http://www.roughtheory.org/content/up-the-water-spout/#comment-23159 <a href="http://home.austin.rr.com/trenholm/TexasTan.htm" target=_blank rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.roughtheory.org/wp-content/images/TexasTan2.jpg" alt="Texas Tan Tarantula" class="floatright" /></a>lol - good question. When I was a child in Texas, one of the places I stayed had tarantulas - big fuzzy black ones that made burrows on either side of the path leading from the door to the mailbox. They would skittle across the path in the mornings. They're not particularly dangerous, although they bite, and I have not-so-fond memories of being sent out to check the mail, in bare feet, and having to leap over the things en route... ;-P Our resident huntsman is much more shy - with me, at least... The huntsman's like the Texas tarantulas - not dangerous - just looks wicked and will bite if you frighten it. We do, though, have some <a href="http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/australian_spiders.html" rel="nofollow">more frightening</a> ones. Texas Tan Tarantulalol – good question. When I was a child in Texas, one of the places I stayed had tarantulas – big fuzzy black ones that made burrows on either side of the path leading from the door to the mailbox. They would skittle across the path in the mornings. They’re not particularly dangerous, although they bite, and I have not-so-fond memories of being sent out to check the mail, in bare feet, and having to leap over the things en route… ;-P Our resident huntsman is much more shy – with me, at least…

The huntsman’s like the Texas tarantulas – not dangerous – just looks wicked and will bite if you frighten it. We do, though, have some more frightening ones.

]]> By: Claude Scales http://www.roughtheory.org/content/up-the-water-spout/comment-page-1/#comment-23152 Claude Scales Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:37:04 +0000 http://www.roughtheory.org/content/up-the-water-spout/#comment-23152 Hmmm, I'm wondering, which has the more fearsome arachnids, Australia or Texas? Happy New Year to you, too. Hmmm, I’m wondering, which has the more fearsome arachnids, Australia or Texas?

Happy New Year to you, too.

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