today i fought the giant enemy spider. not really but also yes
me and my parents visited a waterfall we usually go to. and the problem is that There were spiders everywhere. their webs were immense and i'm not even being dramatic. they were enormous too. so my dad was scaring me all the time by saying stuff like they were coming down or how there was one right behind me. i just screamed all the time there like my life depended on it. but after a while we went home so i was finally safe lol
on the way home, after my little Funky rocks i found in the river fell on my feet, my dad shouted "DID YOU TWO SEE THAT HUGE ASS SPIDER?" and i just went Haha funny didn't see anything while looking at the ground oops! because we were already far from the waterfall yet he was still using the spider scare on me
i thought that until he stopped the car and turned around while telling us we had to see it.
(you rn)
AND HE DROVE BACK TO THE SPIDER SO WE COULD SEE IT?!??!?! he was actually so pumped to show us the spider that he actually fucking drove back
he told us it was crossing the road and where he saw it. he approached it slowly. my mom saw it first because i'm blind like a mole. then he got closer and closer. we had to drive past it because there was a car behind us, and it looked small really, then he turned around again so we could stop the car and go see it. he approached it slowly again and stopped where we could clearly see it.
IT WAS A WHOLE ASS TARANTULA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
and you might think "wow. you got fucked. holy shit. spent the entire day afraid of spiders and now there's a tarantula right in front of your car??"
right???????????????anyways i ran out of the car with my phone and took pictures of it while it was like 40 or 30cm away from my feet.
literally barged out with my camera app in hand and started taking pictures like it was a celebrity, and since i'm some lucky fuck, even when i walked around it, it didn't mind me, just making its way downtown, walking fast. probably a peaceful species, which is a blessing for me to run into while living in south america. i even put my phone back in my pocket and stared down at it. it was probably the size of my hand. i didn't touch it with hands or ANYTHING at all because i know their little hairs are very sensitive, so it could just bolt at any point if i annoyed it or made it scared. we watched out for cars until it was safe inside the forest.
and that's it. after i went back to the car i almost had a fucking heart attack while realizing what the fuck i had just done. i am stupid and crazy and i simply act on impulse.
update on this fucking bullshit:
1) the one i found is THE THIRD LARGEST TARANTULA SPECIES IN THE WORLD, it can grow up to 25cm (we including leggies here)
2) it has fucking "bird-eater" in its name (lasiodora parahybana/brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula)
3) it is actually a species that isn't aggressive, bless
4) some days ago, my dad mentioned seeing a giant black one, and we found out it was a grammostola pulchra, which is... a very friendly gal... good for beginners... why are we lucky. we live in a place where wandering spiders are common, yet we found two 18 - 25cm tarantulas who are peaceful.
