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Mar 2, 2024 3:28:27 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

This is an article about spiders you guys might find interesting:

getpocket.com/explore/item/why-so-many-of-us-are-casual-spider-murderers?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb

Has this articles affected your attitude to spiders? Do you now believe in spiders' worth? Will you now save spiders and accept their existence?

Well I must admit I did do a bit of a search through the bunch of bananas I bought the other day, after I thought I saw something scurry through them

We often have spiders in the bananas that we grow. Not those big hairy ones though.

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Mar 2, 2024 18:11:13 GMT -5 kjay said:

We often have spiders in the bananas that we grow. Not those big hairy ones though.

Obviously that isn't good. But in their right place spiders have every right to exist. I NEVER kill a spider: it always goes outside. Plus, I don't see that spider bombing Ukraine or shooting people dead. Even though they are scary, spiders are worthwhile and wonderful creatures.

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Mar 3, 2024 7:31:03 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

Mar 2, 2024 18:11:13 GMT -5 kjay said:

We often have spiders in the bananas that we grow. Not those big hairy ones though.

Obviously that isn't good. But in their right place spiders have every right to exist. I NEVER kill a spider: it always goes outside. Plus, I don't see that spider bombing Ukraine or shooting people dead. Even though they are scary, spiders are worthwhile and wonderful creatures.

If you had a garden Candy you would love all the spiders. They live everywhere. I have only a little garden but probably hundreds and hundreds of spiders.

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Mar 4, 2024 3:34:37 GMT -5 jen said:

Mar 3, 2024 7:31:03 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

Obviously that isn't good. But in their right place spiders have every right to exist. I NEVER kill a spider: it always goes outside. Plus, I don't see that spider bombing Ukraine or shooting people dead. Even though they are scary, spiders are worthwhile and wonderful creatures.

If you had a garden Candy you would love all the spiders. They live everywhere. I have only a little garden but probably hundreds and hundreds of spiders.

www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/28/spiders-could-theoretically-eat-every-human-on-earth-in-one-year/

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Mar 4, 2024 8:00:22 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Mar 4, 2024 3:34:37 GMT -5 jen said:

If you had a garden Candy you would love all the spiders. They live everywhere. I have only a little garden but probably hundreds and hundreds of spiders.

www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/28/spiders-could-theoretically-eat-every-human-on-earth-in-one-year/

Well isn't that something to think about...

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Animals, including Wildlife & Insects Mar 5, 2024 8:47:07 GMT -5

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Funnily enough, on UNILAD on Facebook, a tiny spider was found inside a woman's ear: yes, really,

She complained her ear hurt: and they found the spider. It'd seen her ear as its home. Thankfully they removed the spider and set it free.

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Mar 5, 2024 8:47:07 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

Funnily enough, on UNILAD on Facebook, a tiny spider was found inside a woman's ear: yes, really,

She complained her ear hurt: and they found the spider. It'd seen her ear as its home. Thankfully they removed the spider and set it free.

It's not something that is likely to be common. The one that sometimes makes me cringe is where someone gets bitten on holiday; the resultant spot eventually bursting to show hundreds of tiny spiders running out of the sore.

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Mar 11, 2024 5:29:03 GMT -5 cassie said:

Come on admit it this is as cute as it gets...

imgur.com/OPLQE4r

Awww... We have a small farm down the road from us and they have a lot of baby sheep and goats. I often stop to watch them playing, jumping and running around.

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Mar 11, 2024 5:29:03 GMT -5 cassie said:

Come on admit it this is as cute as it gets...

imgur.com/OPLQE4r

I see your sheep and lamb, and will raise you a basket of dalmation puppies.

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Mar 11, 2024 5:47:37 GMT -5 kjay said:

Mar 11, 2024 5:29:03 GMT -5 cassie said:

Come on admit it this is as cute as it gets...

imgur.com/OPLQE4r

Awww... We have a small farm down the road from us and they have a lot of baby sheep and goats. I often stop to watch them playing, jumping and running around.

Baby goats are amazing.

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Mar 11, 2024 11:01:18 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Mar 11, 2024 5:29:03 GMT -5 cassie said:

Come on admit it this is as cute as it gets...

imgur.com/OPLQE4r

I see your sheep and lamb, and will raise you a basket of dalmation puppies.

Now that beats me easily.

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SPOILER: Click to show

Here are a few animal shelter videos:

These broke my heart: but also offered hope for the animals.

I have removed these videos.

Animal cruelty videos have no place on this site.

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Pine Marten video

uk.news.yahoo.com/playful-pine-martens-fun-mans-180000374.html

Protected here but sadly not from idiot drivers. We removed one from the edge of the road last week.

Ive previously seen glmpses of them but I would rather a glimpse of a live one than have a thousand close ups of the magnificent animal we had to pick up.

( not gruesome just dead, clipped by a car)

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Mar 23, 2024 4:35:10 GMT -5 cassie said:

Mar 18, 2024 13:46:09 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Pine Marten video

uk.news.yahoo.com/playful-pine-martens-fun-mans-180000374.html

Protected here but sadly not from idiot drivers. We removed one from the edge of the road last week.

Ive previously seen glmpses of them but I would rather a glimpse of a live one than have a thousand close ups of the magnificent animal we had to pick up.

( not gruesome just dead, clipped by a car)

I once found a dead squirrel hanging from a tree on the path next to the golf course. It looked unmarked and in good shape. I could only surmise that it had been unlucky to be hit by a golf ball.

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Apr 22, 2024 19:58:46 GMT -5 kjay said:

A little visitor to my backyard a while back. Love watching the egrets and herons every day.

imgur.com/lZs9sjH

We saw a fabulous heron the other day when we went round the lake.

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I prefer them in their natural habitat too.

It was interesting when I looked out of the bedroom window last night, just before I climbed into bed. I saw what I took to be a fox walking across the road. Whatever it was it was really too big to be a cat (it had a bushy tail as well) and these days dogs seldom roam. I usually look out just before I go to bed so I'll keep a sharp eye out

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I had a startle today. Thats not an alligator. It's a crocodile. I moved out of the area right away, they are not like alligators and can be and often are very aggressive.

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Jul 27, 2024 18:17:18 GMT -5 kjay said:

I had a startle today. Thats not an alligator. It's a crocodile. I moved out of the area right away, they are not like alligators and can be and often are very aggressive.

Is that at the bottom of your garden?

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