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<blockquote data-quote="Nurse Ratchet" data-source="post: 207428" data-attributes="member: 37967"><p>So I know having a few T's has helped my arachnophobia greatly. A few months ago I couldn't even see a photo of a spider without cringing away, but now I stare at my T's far too frequently in awe. Last night I was put to a unexpected test. While wrestling around on the floor with 180lbs of dogs and my teen son, I caught sight of movement on the floor beside me. Great, a loose cricket, I think, and go to capture it. But lo, it was no cricket. A common wolf spider had made its way into my home. Formerly such a discovery would have elicited a strangled sound of fear as I fled far enough for safety, but close enough to keep an eye on it while I yelled for my son to do something! But not this time. To my son's amazement, I caught it in a catch cup and released it outside. Still can't use my hands. Nope. Not yet anyway...</p><p>Is it weird that afterwards I thought about whether or not I should have built it an enclosure and kept it as a pet?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nurse Ratchet, post: 207428, member: 37967"] So I know having a few T's has helped my arachnophobia greatly. A few months ago I couldn't even see a photo of a spider without cringing away, but now I stare at my T's far too frequently in awe. Last night I was put to a unexpected test. While wrestling around on the floor with 180lbs of dogs and my teen son, I caught sight of movement on the floor beside me. Great, a loose cricket, I think, and go to capture it. But lo, it was no cricket. A common wolf spider had made its way into my home. Formerly such a discovery would have elicited a strangled sound of fear as I fled far enough for safety, but close enough to keep an eye on it while I yelled for my son to do something! But not this time. To my son's amazement, I caught it in a catch cup and released it outside. Still can't use my hands. Nope. Not yet anyway... Is it weird that afterwards I thought about whether or not I should have built it an enclosure and kept it as a pet? [/QUOTE]
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