29-03-2006, 14:10
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Tarantula or rat?
Okay, we were discussing stuff which people are scared of and we came up with this question...
Which would you prefer roaming about your house, a rat or a tarantula?
My first choice would be a rat, but thinking about it (health etc), a tarantula.
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29-03-2006, 14:23
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
Definately a tarantula, rats are filthy rodents that transmit disease (unless captive and tamed etc etc).
Unless you provoke a tarantula then it probably wouldn't bite; assuming it lived long enough to bite you as the British house climate may not sustain the arachnid's life.
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29-03-2006, 22:29
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
It's gotta be a rat, i'd rather eat my own leg than have a tarantula wandering about 
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29-03-2006, 22:33
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
After having a spider bite me in Namibia, and the resulting woulnd needing clean dressings twice a day, I'd rather have a rat, easier to see and find, and a lot more meat on the bone 
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29-03-2006, 23:01
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
the rat any day......
No way to any kind of spiders, especially big hairy ones........
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29-03-2006, 23:08
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
Depends on whether the tarantula is the sort that flicks hairs that cause permanent blindness or not. Much prefer a nice clean female rat.
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30-03-2006, 00:18
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
Rat, sadly enough, hate the buggers but its better than a tarantula it seems.
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30-03-2006, 08:33
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
We used to have a pet rat .. so rats everytime !! 
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30-03-2006, 09:34
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
fancy rats are lovely - scrupulously clean, and very intelligent!
this is my(sadly now ex) gf's rat, mavis. um, in a hat...
now who'd prefer a tarantula?
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30-03-2006, 16:11
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
aww, nobody loves rats? 
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30-03-2006, 18:04
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
Talking about rats, today I was walking down this lane towards a builders yard when I saw a kestrel on the floor, I thought it had been shot or something, as I got closer I could see it had a rat in it's claws, the rat was still trying to get away, I stood there and watched this amazing bird till the rat had given up living, the kestrel flew off with the rat in it's claws, a nice meal there for the bird.
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31-03-2006, 06:50
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
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Talking about rats, today I was walking down this lane towards a builders yard when I saw a kestrel on the floor, I thought it had been shot or something, as I got closer I could see it had a rat in it's claws, the rat was still trying to get away, I stood there and watched this amazing bird till the rat had given up living, the kestrel flew off with the rat in it's claws, a nice meal there for the bird.
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31-03-2006, 07:28
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
it'd definately be the rat.
anything more thatn 4 legs are scary and something the size on a tarantula... not a hope.
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31-03-2006, 14:12
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
Well I have just had to deal with a rather large spider in the house, it's got me all itchy now.
I would definately go for the rat (especially if it was wearing a funny hat!)
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31-03-2006, 14:38
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Re: Tarantula or rat?
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It's gotta be a rat, i'd rather eat my own leg than have a tarantula wandering about |
My sentiments exactly...
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