Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American LOSES HIS LUNCH Reacting to Huntsman Spider NEST - Australia" video.

  1. Ian, sorry you suffer such extreme arachniphobia. I do not have that and handled many in homes, school classroom and in the wild under tree bark. Even held down a large Huntsman to allow two little girls and their young brother 9, 7 and 4 to stroke its abdomen. For a week we returned each day as the girls liked the silky body of the spoder, to stroke it. By end of the week I hardly had to hold it the spider just sat still, and was satisfied as the large piece of bark was replaced each time. Other times by hand picked them up carried outside and let go. Did in year 7 school class room come to teachers help as she did panick, taking the yard blackboard ruler and seeing the spider sitting by her fingers. I sadly then paniced the row of girls in their desks, as it wriggled loose falling on the floor and proceeded to run along the row of desks. I had to regrab it and open a window to drop it in the garden outside. They really are a help in insect and cockroach control around the house, leave no webs, except the hatching bag of eggs, and later the young spiders. They really avoid contact with people and their pets so mind their business. I do understand some people do have extreme reaction to various creatures be they spiders, mice, bats, centipedes etc i do feel sorry for them, not laugh as such that they can reach extreme panic. The Huntsman is far preferable to the Tarantulas in parts of southern USA and beyond Mexico and other places south. Likewise rather them than scorpions, though we have them too.
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