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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 133666" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>Thats awesome. So can you handle them, or do they freak out like wolf spiders and bolt? Ive heard they're fast. They seem big and kind of goofy to me..remember those sticky rubber octopus toys that you throw at a wall, and it crawls down it? They remind me of those. Also, thanks to you, I cant think of huntsman spiders without remembering that they cause car accidents, which as messed up as it is, gets me laughing. Years ago driving down a country road with my windows rolled down, I had a bug that looked like some huge mutated form of katydid/mantis/scorpion hybrid that had a six inch legspan hit me in the chest, then start crawling up my neck. I made some weird gurgling screaming sound and drove off the road, beating the **** out of myself with one hand. Looking back its hilarious, at the time I almost pooped a little. I still havent ID'd the insect, Ive googled every known bug in Texas.</p></blockquote><p></p>