Posted on 01/25/2025 8:51:14 AM PST by DallasBiff
Meet the man who lives with over 1,000 tarantulas — and travels up and down England helping people overcome their fears of creepy crawlies.
Aaron Phoenix, 37, began accumulating them in the summer of 2021 to help with his mental health and believes he was “born to save spiders.”
He keeps the spiders across two locations — his “tarantula cave” in his house and a separate premises used for breeding — and says the biggest is the size of a dinner plate.
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In other news, Aaron Phoenix, 37, was found dead in his spider cave, his corpse being mostly eaten by a large number of tarantulas. Investigators say that he had been bitten by a brown recluse spider, one of several that had found their way in. The uneaten portion of his remains was cremated as, according to officials, it was very difficult to look at.
No way!
Now Jumping Spiders are definitely Cool.
Looking forward to seeing them in the garden this Summer.👍
Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
we have a bunch of tarantulas on our property, they pretty much keep to themselves
"A nice fat, juicy spider!"
He better hope he never runs out of tarantula food late at night and then falls asleep watching the telly.
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Uh, negatory
Anyone wanna bet me he’s not married.
One would suspect Aaron still needs help with his mental health. Anyone to embrace a tub full of spiders might have a problem or two. What is his concept of himself? Does he often wish that he was a spider too?
I will not be visiting this establishment.
You can never have too many tarantulas.
Isn’t that a dance? Doing the Tarantella?
As I understand it , and don’t most things, the tarrntella was originally a method of preventing the spider bit patient from going into shock by keeping them moving and the blood flowing. Also, put h as of sn onion on your head keep from crying when you are cutting them.
Who? The spider, the victim or yourself as you're cutting the onion on your head? :D
“Next we have Arachnidae, our finest collection.....” - Vincent Price
“HELPING HIM WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS????
HOW???
I couldn’t restrain myself:
Itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the spout again
The itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the spout again
The itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the spout again
The itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the spout again
Nope, Nope, and Nope!
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