Vampire bats prefer cows to humans.
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park restroom where the spiders moved over so a person could pee. They were everywhere except where the two legged human was.
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Duck59
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There are several bat species in Scotland. Unfortunately, I have yet to see any.
Hope springs eternal, however. It took a long time to see a woodpecker in Scotland, but a pair of great-spotted woodpeckers showed up a couple of years ago near here.
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We used to get lots of jumping spiders in our house when we lived in Eritrea. Fantastic little things. Even better, they were adorned in black and white stripes. Howay the Toon!
I struggle to understand how they can be regarded as fantastic if they jump! Did you not fear (or care) if they jumped on to you?
I just googled what they looked like.....and wished I hadn't!!!
If you think Duck59's spiders were scream worthy, I guess I should unspoiler my comment just to see your reaction.
I spoilered it so as not to cause panic in an arachnophobe.
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this is one of our larger spider breeds routinely found in the grounds and in our house. but around here, it is not the large ones that you have to watch out for... its the little black ones with a red stripe on their backs... Spider 1 was in the sitting room and that is my husbands unstretched had for size reference. Spider2 was found in the bed moments after I had turned the covers back after getting out of bed one morning... Spider 3 spend days living in the toilet room until it descended low enough for me to escort it from the house. All 3 are a 'social huntsman' spider, so they were socially escorted to the same area of the carport where we know several others reside.
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Those spiders are - interesting, SNSSO. If I woke to Spider two as a bed companion, any of you would be able to hear my scream! Afterwards, I would relocate the guy, too, had my scream not scared it all the way to the carport.
The addition we put on our house is a glass room - a modular, glass on three sides AND the ceiling room. It's fun to lay on the futon that we have in there for a couch, and look up at the sky at dusk. We have quite a few bats in our neighborhood - or, as I like to call them, one of Nature's little vacuum cleaners. As long as the bats are around, we know the mosquitoes won't be as bad. Still, the 'squitoes are horrid.
The addition we put on our house is a glass room - a modular, glass on three sides AND the ceiling room. It's fun to lay on the futon that we have in there for a couch, and look up at the sky at dusk. We have quite a few bats in our neighborhood - or, as I like to call them, one of Nature's little vacuum cleaners. As long as the bats are around, we know the mosquitoes won't be as bad. Still, the 'squitoes are horrid.
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The jumping spiders jumped on flies that got into the house, so they were perfectly welcome, as were the geckos that performed a similar service.
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We have 2 such rooms here where we are renting in Australia at the moment. The first is the laundry room which is also the bathroom (in as far as we have a bathroom that is). The toilet is at one end of it and the shower area at the other. The second, which is alongside the laundry room (in a long thin attachment to the house, is known as the sun room and in the summer, its a pull the blinds down, shut the doors and stay out of it job because it just so happens to face north... In the months of the year, it is wonderful to be in because it warms up so very quickly (handy because it happens to have no insulation and there is a visible gap in several places where you can see daylight at the 'join' in the floor. Right now, around 9am in the morning it has warmed up to the point where I can open the door and use it to warm the rest of the house. It is fantastic to sit in and just watch the world. Around 4pm as the sun drops below the horizon (an hour before actually setting officially) I shut the door because it no longer acts to warm the house, but cools it down very quickly. However, if you are brave at night, the wildlife action and the stars (plus the moon and moon shadows) are amazing. We have several possums (2 species) and a wombat that frequent the area so being able to watch them is great. There are also several species of birds that seem to fly around at night rather than during the day as well plus the bats. Wrapped up warm it is a great place to be in after dark with the lights out. Otherwise you traverse it rather quickly!
Lullabelle
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I hear you sister, spiders are a serious phobia
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Thank you for using the spoiler.
Lullabelle
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Thank you for using the spoiler.
Yes but phobias can be overcome, i.e. challenging our conditioning. I did just this!
I was staying overnight at a country cottage. The bed I was allocated had a huge spider very high above the pillow area, on the ceiling! Then and there I knew I had to come to terms with this if I were to sleep. I asked myself what I was afraid of. Simple - that it would land on my face! I then asked myself had this ever occurred? No. So I overcame it with logic!
When I see a spider now, e.g. crawling on the floor, I employ the card and glass trick - capture it and fling it outside. No reason that they should lose their life just through a silly, learnt fear!
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