Post #2369681
2026-04-23 16:21 UTC
@evelynefoerster@swiss.social I know, I know. It's thoughtless and cruel. In the SW USA it was (or is still ?) not unusual for motels, nail bars, spas etc to have a tarantula with a twee name like Sidney or Della Mae or CJ in a large cognac-glass-shaped bowl on their reception desks.
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@evelynefoerster@swiss.social 2026-04-23 17:04
@pacman@swiss.social I can just picture it—some motel lobby with a giant glass bowl and ‘CJ the Tarantula’ lounging like a furry little receptionist. Just tragic. Poor Sidney (or whatever its name was) probably thought it was getting a European vacation, not a death sentence. People really need to think before they buy exotic pets… or at least have the decency to rehome them properly. Makes me want to put up ‘Missing: One Very Confused Tarantula’ posters.