Monday, November 30, 2009

Giant orb spider


So here is a nasty story for you: At the DC Zoo we were walking along thru the reptile house (maybe it was the amphibian house?) and near the end of it I sat down on a ledge to rest a moment. Lohn walks up and says, "You are sitting under the spiders?!" I stand and look behind me and see the biggest nastiest spider ever. Obviously fake, or so I thought. I told Lohn, quite superiorly with a small roll of my eyes, that it wasn't real. Lohn insisted it was, but I said, then why isn't it in a cage? I looked closely at the spider webs, which looked real, and then I blew at the spider. The creepy thing MOVED! I couldn't believe I was sitting right under it, and who knows how many more spiders were behind me. I was quick to get out of there after that. My father in law took this picture. It was the size of my hand. Ewww! And will someone please tell me why they have spiders running loose, uncaged at their zoo????

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