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I was just in the Brazilian Amazon, and there was a funny moment there re: spiders... I stepped out onto a small floating dock and my weight sank the bottom of

I was just in the Brazilian Amazon, and there was a funny moment there re: spiders... I stepped out onto a small floating dock and my weight sank the bottom of the dock below water level. There were probably ~100 spiders of all sizes that immediately emerged around my feet from between the slats as they were forced out from their homes underneath the dock. Fortunately I don't mind spiders much, but it did look like a scene out of a horror movie.

arthurcolle 6y ago
Thanks for the details. I've now added a new entry to my list of places never to go. I do hope those little guys were able to resettle somewhere less prone to anthropogenic climate change ;) Places to Avoid, list written + maintained by Arthur Collé: [] Deep space [added: after seeing Gravity] [] Mariana Trench [added: after seeing Underwater] [] Amazon rainforest [NEW, added: 2021-01-20]
- dwighttk 6y ago
  My brother told me to climb under an outdoor couch in Texas when I was about 6 and I was immediately covered by hundreds of harvestmen (aka daddy long legs.) I remember being startled and yelling for help but was not permanently scarred or anything. Spiders only creep me out the usual amount.
  - tomcam 6y ago
    On the plus side you have just named the next Stephen King novel: The Harvestmen
  - dreamcompiler 6y ago
    I love harvestmen. I've seen cave walls in Texas covered in thousands of them, doing pushups in unison. That's just what they do. Harvestmen are not even spiders. They're nonvenomous arachnids. Completely harmless.
    - dwighttk 6y ago
      Heh I kinda knew that... maybe that’s why I didn’t gain a fear of spiders :)
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
  I remember Underwater for skipping fast forward after the first five to ten minutes, and it sounded almost comically. Just varying screems to the end. And way too much "teal and orange".
- dreamcompiler 6y ago
  > Deep space [added: after seeing Gravity] Gravity takes place in near space, and it gets most of the gravity quite wrong.
- arcticfox 6y ago
  > I do hope those little guys were able to resettle somewhere less prone to anthropogenic climate change ;) Haha! That took me a minute. If that experience was anything to go by, spiders will be around long after humans have left.

arthurcolle 6y ago

Thanks for the details. I've now added a new entry to my list of places never to go. I do hope those little guys were able to resettle somewhere less prone to anthropogenic climate change ;) Places to Avoid, list written + maintained by Arthur Collé: [] Deep space [added: after seeing Gravity] [] Mariana Trench [added: after seeing Underwater] [] Amazon rainforest [NEW, added: 2021-01-20]

dwighttk 6y ago
My brother told me to climb under an outdoor couch in Texas when I was about 6 and I was immediately covered by hundreds of harvestmen (aka daddy long legs.) I remember being startled and yelling for help but was not permanently scarred or anything. Spiders only creep me out the usual amount.
- tomcam 6y ago
  On the plus side you have just named the next Stephen King novel: The Harvestmen
- dreamcompiler 6y ago
  I love harvestmen. I've seen cave walls in Texas covered in thousands of them, doing pushups in unison. That's just what they do. Harvestmen are not even spiders. They're nonvenomous arachnids. Completely harmless.
  - dwighttk 6y ago
    Heh I kinda knew that... maybe that’s why I didn’t gain a fear of spiders :)
LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
I remember Underwater for skipping fast forward after the first five to ten minutes, and it sounded almost comically. Just varying screems to the end. And way too much "teal and orange".
dreamcompiler 6y ago
> Deep space [added: after seeing Gravity] Gravity takes place in near space, and it gets most of the gravity quite wrong.
arcticfox 6y ago
> I do hope those little guys were able to resettle somewhere less prone to anthropogenic climate change ;) Haha! That took me a minute. If that experience was anything to go by, spiders will be around long after humans have left.