Arachnophobia anyone?

[Fomalhaut]

Thank you (and it's Fomal, without the R, I know I keep on ranting about this...), umm, the caretaker told me it couldn't bite, and it was tame. It was really soft and nice to touch, btw.

...live tarantulas? Giant spiders...? Do I really want to go to the US?

You know what is weird? The kind of spider I am the most afraid of are actually those horrid long-legged *things* we can see in our homes. I don't like those that have either disproportionately long legs, or too large abdomens, measured to the rest of their body. A tarantula or cross-spider at least (most of the time) looks like a spider, not a heap of legs or a huge ball with some little thingies.