The things we do for love

[delphipsmith]

Mr Psmith's biggest tarantula, Shelob, molted last week. He asked if I would kindly allow him to pose it on my face. In a moment of insanity (or possibly due to the three glasses of wine I had had), I said yes.



(click to embiggen...as if that f**ker needs to be any bigger...)

Comments

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

Holy mother of God.

Yeah it'd take at least that many glasses of wine for me too.

[toblass.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeep!!!!!!!

[madeleone]

Woman, are you insane? I've got the creepy crawlies just looking at the photo!

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

Gracious. You are an enormously good sport! Shelob must be absolutely magnificent, though I confess to being not the world's most learned authority on arachnid beauty. Though now I'm curious how much bigger a tarantula named Ungoliant would be...

[a-boleyn.livejournal.com]

That's scary

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

...And now I'd make him pose with it -- using it as a codpiece!

I can tell from your body language that you were terrified: hand over the neck, protecting the carotid artery is a classic "give". As is the clenched "smile". Seriously -- codpiece.

[lash-larue.livejournal.com]

Either you redefine the term "little person", or that is the second biggest spider I have ever seen.

L

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Um, I really hate to sound like a wimp, but would you terribly mind putting this under an LJ cut? I don't usually ask, but I have almost imbecilic arachnophobia, and this photo is literally making me have a panic attack every time I scroll.

I appreciate you have every right to tell me to take a flying leap, but it really is making me struggle to breathe everytime I check my LJ.

[iulia_linnea.livejournal.com]

I saw this pic and all I could think was, Nope. *snorts* And then Shog and I went and read up on Shelob's kind. :P She really is quite impressive.

You did say "biggest"—do they all live together in the same terrarium, or would that be bad?

[mywitch.livejournal.com]

**screams and runs away**
(new crack on iPhone screen)

[haruhi-fan.livejournal.com]

GEEBUS!