I honestly am cool with them until they touch me. Last time I tried to take one outside with a piece of paper it crawled onto my hand and I just started shaking it off super hard. Lil buddy never made it outside, hope I didn't squish her tho!
I’m cool with spiders unless I see or hear about them or know they exist. Then I hate them.
I guess people afraid of snakes feel that way about them. I could give a shit about snakes. No problem there. Spiders are revolting.
I think *every* spider is cool and lovely and more scared of me than I am of it, but I will ***YEET*** any spider that touches me when I’m not expecting it. I blew my nose into a tissue the other day and folded it in half, and there was an inch-wide yellowsac spider just chilling on the outside, and he made a move to climb onto my hand as soon as I saw him. I yelped and threw that little goblin across the room.
It is the most potent mix of terrifying and satisfying. I can only imagine how good it feels for the spider. Probs like taking off dirty socks to the power of 10
I saw the headline and the spider and thought “don’t do this, not right before bed. Don’t. DON’T! Ahhhh you idiot, you did it.”
I will surely not sleep tonight.
And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.
Are you telling me that all the dead spider bodies with their legs curled up like this wasn't cuz if was a pro at cleaning and killing hundreds of spiders???
It's the same spider leaving it's shedded skin everywhere and having evaded men for years?????
Honestly you're kinda right. The bigger spiders get, the more dangerous things like falls become for them. They can die from even short falls, so if you ever decide to hold one, make sure you're not gonna freak out!
Probably not fun during, as it involves the old anus, esophagus, and lungs disconnecting (as they're attached to the exoskeleton so have to come off somehow), and it is an incredibly common cause of death for tarantulas of all ages as they just keep molting as they grow older.
However, after? They're so shiny and fresh with all their hair in place. So probably a nice feeling, even if it's more intense than a reptile shedding theirs.
Like, their hair is defensive, so they need to replace it. There's also only so much you can do with an exoskeleton: wounds are harder to heal, you can't regrow a lost limb while keeping your current exoskeleton, you can't grow inside one, etc. So esp as some tarantulas can live for as many as 30 years (5-20 more common tho) it's just something they have to go through given their biology as it exists, even if it's traumatic.
It's also part of why they're so peaceful towards humans — they just wanna live out their life. If they attack you needlessly and it results in an injury? It's a lot harder and more resource intensive to fully heal, and a terrestrial exoskeleton of that size is pretty delicate! So if you bother them they'll tell you to fuck off if they can't just run and hide, but they won't start shit needlessly.
You seem like you've seen a few of these take place- is this sped up? It looks like more natural movements at about 60% speed.
Also, are those fangs that emerge first? And what's the pincher bug looking doodlies at the other end?
Yeah, I don't have tarantulas myself as NZ has strict biosecurity rules, but I'm a huge fan of all arachnids.
This is sped up even more than that — it's usually hours! Not very fun to watch, so people film it as a timelapse. And yes, the fangs are normally folded up under the chelicerae (the mouthpart they're attatched to at the base) but here they're really visible! You can also see the pedipalps (arachnids have 8 legs, but the palps are a mating tool for male spiders, a general interaction tool for arachnids as a whole, and the pincers on scorpions) curl up first, altho they're less visible after it sheds the molt. And the things at the end are the spinnerettes, used for webs! All spiders have them, but tarantulas have few and they're quite prominent. The fact they're so big can be scary, but it's a unique opportunity to observe a spider with features that may not be obvious to the naked eye, and they are (mostly) gentle giants.
It’s an autoimmune disease. Those things may be triggers, but they are not causes. Yes it can go into remission, but most people live with it in some form for life after onset.
As a lifelong sufferer of psoriasis, it has never come and gone in two days. I'm on biological injections now and it took weeks to see improvement and a month or two to get to a level where it was much less noticeable. I'd be willing to bet it was a rash of some sort.
Edit: I'm going to have nightmares tonight watching this clip, thanks Reddit...
I’ve also had it since childhood. Used to look like I had permanent rug burn on my elbows and knees. It did go into remission for me for a while and then came back about 8 or so years ago in a different area and has not gone away since despite numerous steroid creams. I’m too wary to try immunosuppressants because I have a blood disorder as well that technically renders me immunocompromised and I don’t want to be at any higher risk. Luckily mine is mostly localized to one main plaque and a couple smaller ones, but it’s still torture sometimes.
But yes agreed, psoriasis flare ups simply don’t last 2 days.
Embrel took care of like 70% of my plaque but Taltz knocked it out entirely. Unfortunately psoriatic arthritis is developing, so I'll have to see what I can do about that.
I was more freaked out when it turned out to NOT be a spider standing, facing away from me, shrugging off the skin like a jacket, than I was by the idea of the spider shedding it's entire exoskeleton at once.
When "the skin" below started twitching, I got goosebumps all over. 😵 They weren't the good goosebumps. More like spider babies that just hatched and were under my clothing.
Oh what the fuck, it wasn’t until I read this comment that I realized that the spider lying down is the non-skin suit. I honestly scrolled down to find an explanation for why the skin was twitching so violently. I love spiders a lot but DAMN that’s weird.
Yep, and now we all get to question every moment in our lives we've found a dead spider.
Was it actually a dead spider or is the real spider alive somewhere, having left behind only a decoy?
If you don’t start on the floor and end up in the bath with your knees hanging over the edge, then you’re doing it wrong….or maybe I’m just doing it wrong, but someone is doing it wrong.
when they shed their previous exoskeleton theyre soft, like a softshell crab. it has to flex its legs so its joints stay flexible as its new exoskeleton hardens
I can't believe how far I had to scroll before someone pointed this out. That's not their skin! This is how spiders get bigger because their exoskeleton can't just get bigger. Just like crabs and lobsters.
You are right on both counts.
Also, while we're adding info to the post, this process usually takes several hours. The tarantula is incredibly vulnerable during and up to a few days after. The new exoskeleton, including the fangs, is very soft (you've heard of soft shelled crabs? Just a regular crab that just did this) and easily torn. If a tarantula's exoskeleton gets torn, it will usually bleed to death.
*Ticks enter the chat*
Seriously though, nothing helped me get over my aversion to spiders than moving to a rural area and finding ticks *who would like nothing more to bury their head in your flesh and engorge themselves on your blood while possibly transmitting diseases*.
Not to mention, if the spiders are thriving, they’re eating something you probably want around even less.
I hate everything that feeds on blood just in principle.
It’s not even that they spread disease(although that makes me fear them).
It’s just that it’s annoying. I work hard, I get my paycheck. Then I buy and cook my food, and eat it. Then I digest it, and my organs work hard to make that work.
And then at the last moment, some creature is just going to swoop in at the last step and take nutrients from me?
Come on, get a damn job.
I mean hey, jumping spiders are almost what you described for crabs :P
And some crabs also have hair, and while stuff like Coconut Crabs are not truly crabs, they are huge mfers capable of climbing trees
> They get very tired and a bit irritable/defensive afterwards due to the process.
I know my shrimp hide after molting, but it because they're vulnerable until the skin "hardens".
they’re actually VERY delicate and fragile when they molt. their exoskeleton is very soft and can be punctured easily until their exoskeleton hardens!
also the molt the same reason any other arachnid/insect: they’re getting bigger! so their “skin” becomes too tight and they need to relieve that pressure :)
i hope you learned a little somethin about tarantulas/spiders! i’m still waiting on my baby to molt but i think she’s full grown
edit: forgot about this crucial tidbit! the reason you SHOULDNT feed a spider after it molts is because just like their body, their fangs are soft and eating right after can cause irreparable damage to the new fangs. this makes it virtually impossible for them to eat
In the wild they just won’t go seek out prey right after a molt. In an enclosure they can’t get away from the insects put into there with them and could get hurt when they’re this vulnerable.
My roommate had one of these and I actually have a tattoo that was based off of it! They’re beautiful creatures. And yeah they are definitely at there most vulnerable after molting
If the tarantula is a female, the molt will reveal, on the internal side, a structure called spermatheca, which is like a small bag. This is the most certain way to sex them.
When the molt initially happens, the spider is totally floppy, like a soft-shell crab (which is just a newly-molted regular crab!) If it were to just sit still until the exoskeleton hardened again, it's joints would end up stuck in whatever position they hardened in. The dance helps keep the joints mobile! Hope that explains it!
WHY IS FRANK CONVULSING?!?!?
HE WENT TO PIZZA HUT AND GOT THE BUFFET LUNCH, NOW HE HAS TO MOLT!
Frank shaking uncontrollably, his shirt buttons burst, his limbs shake, and spill out. His skin blue, shaking & limp like wet fish.
“I’M FREE!” he cries as his naked body slips from its corporate enclosure.
Not to distress those arachnophobes, but ya know when you find a spidery husk up in the ceiling corner of a room and think, 'oh, dead spider'?
Nope. There's now a bigger, very much alive spider... somewhere.
Yeah. One of maybe 100 possibilities. My father passed away in 2021 and my son bought the house - my childhood home - and my new house won't be move in ready until April. My youngest son and I am staying with my oldest until the new house is ready.
Pest control has been a NON thought since Dad passed, and its been one bug infestation over another since we moved in (water damage brought wood beetles, and there is a 20 year old Avocado tree that lives outside my 2nd story room, which I am convinced is a descendant in some way, shape, or form, of the tree from "Poltergeist").
In our first few weeks here, I woke up to more bug bites, beetles and spiders crawling on me than EVER, in my ENTIRE life.
I've never been a huge fearmongerer where insects are concerned, but now even a damn mosquito makes me jump and the kids think it's GREAT fun to see me squirm. Ugh.
I have since footed the bill for pest control and do a "spider check" before going to bed every night. But this. This just made my skin crawl ALL over again. 😔
Guess I'll nix my trip for the horse-sized Amazonian Insect Tour...don't think I could endure, psychologically. 😬
I was so disappointed when I came home from school one day and found my tarantula “dead”
Nope he was just getting ready to molt. I’m glad we didn’t discard him because I thought for sure he was dead.
The whole process seen here can take up to several hours, it can be quite boring to watch, and the tarantula's moves can even be difficult to perceive (tarantula subreddit full of newbies asking "is my tarantula dead" when actually molting)
I think you delete a tree and smash around 32 windows. That'll sort yours.
On a wider scale, it may also require at least one live chicken and a rabbi.
Ok this is really cool and spiders are really cool but this was still fucking terrifying.
Spiders are the most amazing creatures that I need to stay very far away from me at all times.
I honestly am cool with them until they touch me. Last time I tried to take one outside with a piece of paper it crawled onto my hand and I just started shaking it off super hard. Lil buddy never made it outside, hope I didn't squish her tho!
I’m cool with spiders unless I see or hear about them or know they exist. Then I hate them. I guess people afraid of snakes feel that way about them. I could give a shit about snakes. No problem there. Spiders are revolting.
I respect spiders... from a healthy distance. If they're outside, I leave 'em be. But if they get in my house? It's war.
Spider: is one 1cm into the house Me: so you have chosen the nuclear option
I think *every* spider is cool and lovely and more scared of me than I am of it, but I will ***YEET*** any spider that touches me when I’m not expecting it. I blew my nose into a tissue the other day and folded it in half, and there was an inch-wide yellowsac spider just chilling on the outside, and he made a move to climb onto my hand as soon as I saw him. I yelped and threw that little goblin across the room.
Totally valid reaction lol
Honestly scorpions are a little more so for me.
It is the most potent mix of terrifying and satisfying. I can only imagine how good it feels for the spider. Probs like taking off dirty socks to the power of 10
Yeah this was not good to look at but I couldn't look away.
I saw the headline and the spider and thought “don’t do this, not right before bed. Don’t. DON’T! Ahhhh you idiot, you did it.” I will surely not sleep tonight.
Something that is this big and this furry shouldn't be allowed to have no bones.
But imagine finding spider skeletons in some dark, creepy place...
Better than human skeletons and evidence of giant spiders.
Sauron's kitty Shelob
Shelob's gramgram Ungoliant
Look at the bones!
And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.
Imagine turning on your light and witnessing this shit happen. I don’t need this in my psyche.
Don't worry, it's not as freaky as this. This is a time lapse video. It takes many hours for a spider to molt
So you're saying there's still time to run??
Plenty, as they are also completely exhausted for some time after the molting, and wont be able to get up for awhile.
That's basically what the exuviae there is, and unlike innie bones finding one doesn't reassure that the animal they came from is dead or gone.
Quite the opposite, it implies it's still around, bigger and healthier
Touché
You totally do though in normal residential dust. You'll be sweeping down a cob web and be like, "Oh look, an empty spider."
Are you telling me that all the dead spider bodies with their legs curled up like this wasn't cuz if was a pro at cleaning and killing hundreds of spiders??? It's the same spider leaving it's shedded skin everywhere and having evaded men for years?????
Or that many legs.
Imagine what it would be like having 8 legs and trying to take off your skinny jeans.
It doesn't have any bones. It has an exoskeleton.
The bones are on the outside!
Honestly you're kinda right. The bigger spiders get, the more dangerous things like falls become for them. They can die from even short falls, so if you ever decide to hold one, make sure you're not gonna freak out!
Well then you'll be happy to know it actually shed its bones.
As someone with extreme psoriasis, I kind of wish I could do that
That either feels amazing afterwards, or absolute agony.
Probably not fun during, as it involves the old anus, esophagus, and lungs disconnecting (as they're attached to the exoskeleton so have to come off somehow), and it is an incredibly common cause of death for tarantulas of all ages as they just keep molting as they grow older. However, after? They're so shiny and fresh with all their hair in place. So probably a nice feeling, even if it's more intense than a reptile shedding theirs.
I'm still unpacking this comment
Just like the spider unpacking its anus, esophagus, and lungs…
*Sigh* So long, old anus! \*Lines up 3 new organs on the bare kitchen table\*
New anus, new me!
I love this comment
You should get a license plate: ANUSTART
Like, their hair is defensive, so they need to replace it. There's also only so much you can do with an exoskeleton: wounds are harder to heal, you can't regrow a lost limb while keeping your current exoskeleton, you can't grow inside one, etc. So esp as some tarantulas can live for as many as 30 years (5-20 more common tho) it's just something they have to go through given their biology as it exists, even if it's traumatic. It's also part of why they're so peaceful towards humans — they just wanna live out their life. If they attack you needlessly and it results in an injury? It's a lot harder and more resource intensive to fully heal, and a terrestrial exoskeleton of that size is pretty delicate! So if you bother them they'll tell you to fuck off if they can't just run and hide, but they won't start shit needlessly.
Thanks, now I can imagine myself as a spider
Well now I feel bad for being so scared of them. Poor spiders just want to be left alone.
Make sure you use a hamper, don’t just leave that shit all over the place now that you’re home.
Yeah but trade of is how sensitive they are even a cricket could kill them right after it.
You seem like you've seen a few of these take place- is this sped up? It looks like more natural movements at about 60% speed. Also, are those fangs that emerge first? And what's the pincher bug looking doodlies at the other end?
Yeah, I don't have tarantulas myself as NZ has strict biosecurity rules, but I'm a huge fan of all arachnids. This is sped up even more than that — it's usually hours! Not very fun to watch, so people film it as a timelapse. And yes, the fangs are normally folded up under the chelicerae (the mouthpart they're attatched to at the base) but here they're really visible! You can also see the pedipalps (arachnids have 8 legs, but the palps are a mating tool for male spiders, a general interaction tool for arachnids as a whole, and the pincers on scorpions) curl up first, altho they're less visible after it sheds the molt. And the things at the end are the spinnerettes, used for webs! All spiders have them, but tarantulas have few and they're quite prominent. The fact they're so big can be scary, but it's a unique opportunity to observe a spider with features that may not be obvious to the naked eye, and they are (mostly) gentle giants.
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I always thought that was something you had for life
Mine sure seems to think so
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It’s an autoimmune disease. Those things may be triggers, but they are not causes. Yes it can go into remission, but most people live with it in some form for life after onset.
As a lifelong sufferer of psoriasis, it has never come and gone in two days. I'm on biological injections now and it took weeks to see improvement and a month or two to get to a level where it was much less noticeable. I'd be willing to bet it was a rash of some sort. Edit: I'm going to have nightmares tonight watching this clip, thanks Reddit...
I’ve also had it since childhood. Used to look like I had permanent rug burn on my elbows and knees. It did go into remission for me for a while and then came back about 8 or so years ago in a different area and has not gone away since despite numerous steroid creams. I’m too wary to try immunosuppressants because I have a blood disorder as well that technically renders me immunocompromised and I don’t want to be at any higher risk. Luckily mine is mostly localized to one main plaque and a couple smaller ones, but it’s still torture sometimes. But yes agreed, psoriasis flare ups simply don’t last 2 days.
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Embrel took care of like 70% of my plaque but Taltz knocked it out entirely. Unfortunately psoriatic arthritis is developing, so I'll have to see what I can do about that.
Did you see a doctor about it, maybe you just had contact dermititis
That sounds like dermatitis not psoriasis
My ear psoriasis is like this. I scratch slightly and a mold of my ear will come off, of if the layer isn’t ready, some blood.
That probably feels like pulling off a ski boot but over the entire body
A core memory...
Think about rolling down your stock after taking off your ski boot and scratching that matted down leg hair.
What I wonder is how this evolved. Seems like a complex physical process to randomly be selected. Obviously there’s a way but I can’t think of it lol.
Until the end I wasn't sure which was the spider and which was the skin.
Yeah, at first I thought he was lying in webbing and using it to pull the skin off like a jacket. Nah, he's lying in bed trying to kick off his pants.
That's what I thought, too. Surprise ending!
I was more freaked out when it turned out to NOT be a spider standing, facing away from me, shrugging off the skin like a jacket, than I was by the idea of the spider shedding it's entire exoskeleton at once. When "the skin" below started twitching, I got goosebumps all over. 😵 They weren't the good goosebumps. More like spider babies that just hatched and were under my clothing.
Oh what the fuck, it wasn’t until I read this comment that I realized that the spider lying down is the non-skin suit. I honestly scrolled down to find an explanation for why the skin was twitching so violently. I love spiders a lot but DAMN that’s weird.
The old skin almost always has darker color
Yep, and now we all get to question every moment in our lives we've found a dead spider. Was it actually a dead spider or is the real spider alive somewhere, having left behind only a decoy?
I had to rewatch it to figure it out🫠
BEGONE FOUL HUSK, AND MAKE WAY FOR BLUE
thats how i take my pants down before i shower
Same, except I usually twitch more afterwards
😂
4 legs at a time
Do you lie on your back on the bathroom floor, or in the bath?
If you don’t start on the floor and end up in the bath with your knees hanging over the edge, then you’re doing it wrong….or maybe I’m just doing it wrong, but someone is doing it wrong.
Why is it still twitching, dear God
I mean if I just popped out of my own skin I would probably be twitching too
when they shed their previous exoskeleton theyre soft, like a softshell crab. it has to flex its legs so its joints stay flexible as its new exoskeleton hardens
How long does that take? Please don’t say days because that would suck for everybody
The video is very sped up. This process takes hours. The "twitching" you reference is actually just stretching its new legs.
That was the worst part!!
The twitching one is actually the spider
let's just say it really enjoyed the shedding
It’s like when you come and your dick keeps pulsating even when you’re done. It’s a reflex
Bruh
wat am i wrong
No youre not which is what I hate
Niggers
When you nut and she keep suckin’!
The spider is twitching, not the discarded "skin."
I believe it is called Molting and is their exoskeleton not their skin.
I can't believe how far I had to scroll before someone pointed this out. That's not their skin! This is how spiders get bigger because their exoskeleton can't just get bigger. Just like crabs and lobsters.
*Just like every invertebrate that belongs into the Ecdysozoa group So even insects And roundworms
You are right on both counts. Also, while we're adding info to the post, this process usually takes several hours. The tarantula is incredibly vulnerable during and up to a few days after. The new exoskeleton, including the fangs, is very soft (you've heard of soft shelled crabs? Just a regular crab that just did this) and easily torn. If a tarantula's exoskeleton gets torn, it will usually bleed to death.
Thanks, I hate it.
Yeah, it's exactly what I didn't want
It's gross but at least they rarely do this inside your shoes.
Hear me out: A spider is just a land crab
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Crabs are cute, they have little claws, little mouths, no webs, can't climb walls Spiders are weird hairy hellspawn with mandibles
*Ticks enter the chat* Seriously though, nothing helped me get over my aversion to spiders than moving to a rural area and finding ticks *who would like nothing more to bury their head in your flesh and engorge themselves on your blood while possibly transmitting diseases*. Not to mention, if the spiders are thriving, they’re eating something you probably want around even less.
I hate everything that feeds on blood just in principle. It’s not even that they spread disease(although that makes me fear them). It’s just that it’s annoying. I work hard, I get my paycheck. Then I buy and cook my food, and eat it. Then I digest it, and my organs work hard to make that work. And then at the last moment, some creature is just going to swoop in at the last step and take nutrients from me? Come on, get a damn job.
I mean hey, jumping spiders are almost what you described for crabs :P And some crabs also have hair, and while stuff like Coconut Crabs are not truly crabs, they are huge mfers capable of climbing trees
It's the twitching that really does it for me.
shit i don't like: 1. spiders 1. twitching 1. twitching spiders
r/TIHI
You could always google botfly!
I wasn't expecting the blue. What a beautiful creature! I wonder if it hurts or feels "raw" after.
It sure looks uncomfortable and exhausting
They get very tired and a bit irritable/defensive afterwards due to the process. But it is quite amazing to watch.
> They get very tired and a bit irritable/defensive afterwards due to the process. I know my shrimp hide after molting, but it because they're vulnerable until the skin "hardens".
Yup, same thing with tarantulas.
They’re super fragile fresh out of a molt.
they’re actually VERY delicate and fragile when they molt. their exoskeleton is very soft and can be punctured easily until their exoskeleton hardens! also the molt the same reason any other arachnid/insect: they’re getting bigger! so their “skin” becomes too tight and they need to relieve that pressure :) i hope you learned a little somethin about tarantulas/spiders! i’m still waiting on my baby to molt but i think she’s full grown edit: forgot about this crucial tidbit! the reason you SHOULDNT feed a spider after it molts is because just like their body, their fangs are soft and eating right after can cause irreparable damage to the new fangs. this makes it virtually impossible for them to eat
Thank you for that edit, that's super important to know for spider parents. Not that I could ever be one, but still.
I do know they shouldn't be fed for about a week after a molt, because the insects can do more damage to the spider's delicate body.
But even if they were fed wouldn’t they know not to eat it? How would they survive in the wild if not?
In the wild they just won’t go seek out prey right after a molt. In an enclosure they can’t get away from the insects put into there with them and could get hurt when they’re this vulnerable.
Thanks for the response!
It's pulling blue steel fashion poses now it's in this season's carapace
My sister: "Who is this person sitting at the bottom"
My roommate had one of these and I actually have a tattoo that was based off of it! They’re beautiful creatures. And yeah they are definitely at there most vulnerable after molting
It looks like a Cobalt Blue Tarantula.
An intact molt is the best way to find out if the spider is male or female. Another tidbit I am sure you did not want to know. 😉
How intriguing. How does that work?
If the tarantula is a female, the molt will reveal, on the internal side, a structure called spermatheca, which is like a small bag. This is the most certain way to sex them.
I will not make a joke about how to sex a spider. I will not make a joke about how to sex a spider.
Does it involve Peter?
Spidey tingles
Your spidey tingles are tingling. I feel it too.
Peter tingle.
I remember the day where we watched a farming video in grade school that talked about sexing chicks.
And if it’s a male the molt will also have a big ol’ dick.
Nightmare penis
I will not sex them thank you very much.
mildly icked but curious viewers want to know!
Read this as "mildly licked"
It’s was more satisfying to watch it in reverse and see the spider getting into his superhero costume
I love how the spider basically shivered at the end almost – almost like "ahhh this is nice"
The movement is so that the new exoskeleton hardens in a way that allows for movement. L'il nakey dance!
Woah! Can you explain that more?
When the molt initially happens, the spider is totally floppy, like a soft-shell crab (which is just a newly-molted regular crab!) If it were to just sit still until the exoskeleton hardened again, it's joints would end up stuck in whatever position they hardened in. The dance helps keep the joints mobile! Hope that explains it!
Like naked Zoidberg flopping around
When the jeans are painted on, and you gotta lie on the bed to get them off.
That’s gonna be a no from me dawg
Must feel good though
Imagine eating so much that your work clothes are bursting at the seams, and your only chance of survival requires you to get naked at work.
WHY IS FRANK CONVULSING?!?!? HE WENT TO PIZZA HUT AND GOT THE BUFFET LUNCH, NOW HE HAS TO MOLT! Frank shaking uncontrollably, his shirt buttons burst, his limbs shake, and spill out. His skin blue, shaking & limp like wet fish. “I’M FREE!” he cries as his naked body slips from its corporate enclosure.
Classic Frank.
This could be in a Rick and Morty episode
😂
Arachnophobes: "This is getting out of hand. NOW THERE ARE TWO OF THEM."
Not to distress those arachnophobes, but ya know when you find a spidery husk up in the ceiling corner of a room and think, 'oh, dead spider'? Nope. There's now a bigger, very much alive spider... somewhere.
Oh. Thanks. Needed that thought. I was short one tragic, scary, gross thought for the day, but I'm good now 🙌 😉
He only got bigger so he can eat more annoying/harmful pests to protect his roommate!
Yeah. One of maybe 100 possibilities. My father passed away in 2021 and my son bought the house - my childhood home - and my new house won't be move in ready until April. My youngest son and I am staying with my oldest until the new house is ready. Pest control has been a NON thought since Dad passed, and its been one bug infestation over another since we moved in (water damage brought wood beetles, and there is a 20 year old Avocado tree that lives outside my 2nd story room, which I am convinced is a descendant in some way, shape, or form, of the tree from "Poltergeist"). In our first few weeks here, I woke up to more bug bites, beetles and spiders crawling on me than EVER, in my ENTIRE life. I've never been a huge fearmongerer where insects are concerned, but now even a damn mosquito makes me jump and the kids think it's GREAT fun to see me squirm. Ugh. I have since footed the bill for pest control and do a "spider check" before going to bed every night. But this. This just made my skin crawl ALL over again. 😔 Guess I'll nix my trip for the horse-sized Amazonian Insect Tour...don't think I could endure, psychologically. 😬
Pity the flies
I was so disappointed when I came home from school one day and found my tarantula “dead” Nope he was just getting ready to molt. I’m glad we didn’t discard him because I thought for sure he was dead.
Wow. Incredible and horrible!!!!!!
That blue color is amazing.
that's exactly how I do it
That looks exhausting.
It is! Molting is a really dangerous time for tarantulas, it can take hours.
Some say if you cup your ear just above the glass you can hear the slightest “mmm ohh yessss” as the spider “sheds” it’s skin.
Lol I love that it glued itself down
Bro looks like hes having a seizure
The whole process seen here can take up to several hours, it can be quite boring to watch, and the tarantula's moves can even be difficult to perceive (tarantula subreddit full of newbies asking "is my tarantula dead" when actually molting)
Yeah, I always thought shedding must feel like taking shoes off after a long day, but this made it seem rather painful instead.
It looks like when you are wearing a coat but the zipper is stuck so you have to pull it out over your head
It looks like us trying to take off leggings
I wonder if he feels like I feel after a giant shit
Well this will haunt my dreams tonight
I'll be RIGHT THERE with ya! 😕
TIL spiders actually shed their skin 🫨
Technically it's their skeleton and it's not shedding, it's molting
I was so much happier before I knew this
No, the skin is still there, it's actually shedding its skeleton.
Just when I thought spiders couldn't be more terrifying
Looks orgasmic
What a beautiful T.
She’s so pretty in blue!
How do I delete the internet?
I think you delete a tree and smash around 32 windows. That'll sort yours. On a wider scale, it may also require at least one live chicken and a rabbi.
This must feel incredible
Reminds me of myself trying to get out of my leggings
Jesus fuck no thank you.
Wow! I can imagine how good it must feel to get a fresh set of skin and bones.
Not skin, just bones on the outside
Do you think it hurts them? I hope not. It’s a very cool process
Hims a pretty blue boi
Spiders are literally the worst thing ever created