• confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 hours ago

    I’ve seen a massive huntsman spider in Australia. I was trimming palm fronds with a saw on an extended pole and one palm frond hit the tree trunk on the way down. The huntsman managed to safety land on the tree trunk while the frond fell to the ground.

    That spider was way bigger than my hand and demonically fast. Was super cool to see such a big one.

    It’s nice that they are generally chill around people. I had a much smaller one living in my room’s air conditioning unit. It always came out at night and chilled on the wall while I slept and disappeared during the day.

    I never handled a huntsman but I was never really bothered by them during my time in Australia.