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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Beware Of The Shell



Yesterday we spent the day at Ft. Desoto Park beach

We saw dolphins playing offshore, a stray sting ray or two, and a few friendly grouper who seemed very comfortable around groups of humans in the water.

Then I found this innocuous bivalve shell in the water and set it on our blanket to keep the two sides attached until it was time to go home.

Later, I picked it up and saw a bunch of long legs in it...

Turns out a large spider taken refuge inside the shell presumably to get away from the heat.

Yikes!

Talk about heebie jeebies. Yeah, it wasn't all fun at our day at the beach.
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8 comments:

  1. JanJuly 22, 2009 3:01 PM

    Spiders are our friends. They are carnivorous and eat harmful insects but don't compete with us by eating plants.

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  2. cubeJuly 22, 2009 4:06 PM

    I agree with you about spiders... up to a point. That point is crossed when I pick them up or they come into up close & personal contact with me, then all bets are off.

    I do tolerate spiders better than I tolerate the ginormous cockroaches we get here in Florida. IMO those are the worst.

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  3. Ananda girlJuly 22, 2009 6:27 PM

    Had that been me, there would have been a dance and screaming! Shaking of hands too. uuuuugggghhhh

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  4. crazy4coensJuly 22, 2009 6:59 PM

    i want to be at the beach - but i want to avoid spiders!

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  5. Jamie DawnJuly 22, 2009 10:28 PM

    That sounded darned near like paradise until the whole spider thing happened. I HATE spiders! If I kill one in the house, then I feel like something is crawling on me for the next few hours. I can't rest and certainly would not be able to sleep after killing a spider. They are hitonious!!!!!
    Other than that, I'm glad you had a nice time at the beach.

    :-)

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  6. birdwomanJuly 24, 2009 12:02 PM

    I see your heebie and raise you a jeebie - I was dealing with trash day when we had crab cadavers in the trash. Our can was filled with larval flies - one of which I found crawling on my leg about 10 minutes later.

    I still shiver.

    (*)>

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  7. cubeJuly 24, 2009 5:31 PM

    Ananda Girl: Oh, there were
    screams. I don't pick up a large spider and bring it close to my face without invloving some screaming . My youngest went into scream mode too because I scared her.

    I'm just glad the spider hid in the shell and didn't decide to crawl on me while I was reading on the blanket.

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  8. cubeJuly 24, 2009 5:33 PM

    Crazy4coens: You and me both.

    Jamie Dawn: Other than the spider incident, it was a super nice day at the beach.

    birdwoman: Ewwwwww. I've never heard about hitchhiking maggots before.

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