It was a house spider
The first thing a house spider will do when thrown into the undergrowth, is walk right back into the nearest building. It's why they're called "house" spiders.

Plus, they're not an endangered species. Just squish them if you don't like them or, better still, leave them alone. Putting them outside is no more friendly to their welfare than repeating chucking your cat in a pond - it won't hurt the animal, just piss them off.

Sorry, I just have too many friends who, on seeing a house spider, demand that it be removed from their sight, but when I just lamp at it say "awww, don't kill it...". None of them is a Buddhist, what the fuck do they care one spider more or less?
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:53, 2 replies)

Why would you have to be Buddhist to not want to squish something?
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( vix0r was not Matthew on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 13:04, closed)

I don't really get your reply...
Who was it aimed at? Me? My mum? I didn't throw it into the undergrowth to save it from being killed. I did it because it stopped any further discussion on the matter. I could have easily squished it, eaten it, or pulled down my pants, and shat on it to achieve the same effect. Were you just commenting on the contrary nature of my mum finding spiders repulsive, yet not wanting to see it killed? I don't think that's such a strange concept. I don't want to see any animal killed for no reason, but there are plenty I'll quite happily stay hundreds of meters from - a great white shark being one I can think of.

Furthermore...house spiders don't always live in houses. I'm pretty sure that they evolved millions of years before houses existed. They don't automatically go into a house if you put them somewhere. They find any nook and cranny to hide in. Sometimes it's a house. In this case, we were outside in the garden eating, which kind of scuppers your argument right there. In the middle of the summer (when the BBQ took place), a house is the last place you'd find a house spider. They're far more successful hunters outside where food is plentiful and they blend into their backgrounds much better.

But then...maybe you're trying to set me off on one knowing how I react...:P
( guffguff fuckes your gradeds balls!, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 13:26, closed)