Dread Pirate (Tom) RobertsMar 4

A guy at the Uni of Cbr carpark abandoned his car at the entryway, because there was a giant huntsman on the outside of the driver's side window.

He was apparently afraid of winding down the window to activate the entry boom gate.

Luckily my work colleague was in the car behind him, and helped remove the spider with a small branch.

Show threadDavid de GrootMar 4
@troberts having had large huntsmen spiders in a few of my cars, I can understand his trepidation.
Show threadKate BowlesMar 4
@david @troberts I have had one pop out from behind the sun visor and I pulled over and leapt out like a cartoon.
Show threadFredrik GraverMar 4

@kate @david @troberts This. Every time I think it would be nice to visit Australia some day, I am reminded of this.

I think I might just stay here in the nice, safe north where the most dangerous things in nature are moose. Moose can’t fit in a car.

Show threadrob6d ago
@fgraver @kate @david @troberts although, as I understand it, they do occasionally try to.
Show threadFredrik Graver6d ago
@robparsons @kate @david @troberts I’ve had some very close (thankfully, no contact) encounters with moose, both with and without a car. I’ve never had one crawl in through the back hatch…
Show threadrob
@fgraver @kate @david @troberts man, you haven;t lived! 😀
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Show threadFredrik Graver5d ago

@robparsons @kate @david @troberts And thank goodness for that!

Although I can still visualise—despite my aphantasia—the mamma moose that I came so close to that I believe my bumper was touching her fur when I panic-braked after seeing her and her two calves on the road, coming around a curve after dark in an 80 km/h zone… I certainly felt alive at that point! (And I was very glad she was too!)