Which creepy-crawlies give you the willies?

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-07-01 09:20pm

For me it's no contest. Rats and snakes don't bother me, but spiders suck.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-07-01 09:22pm

Spiders easily.

They're just too freaky.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-07-01 09:29pm

Spiders. The other two don't bother me at all, I think rats are cute.
They make great pets.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-07-01 09:37pm

Snakes. *shudder*

Spiders are neat... unles they're crawling on me. But just hanging in the web, or crawling along, they're fascinating.

Rats.... well, I've never had to deal with them outside of petstores.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-07-01 09:39pm

Ever since I woke up in the jungles of Oki, and a bannana spider was creeping up on me, I CAN'T STAND spiders. Yeuch. Squish, squish.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-07-01 09:50pm

Rats are filthy, but don't bother me unless they're living in close proximity to me. I love snakes. Snakes are awesome, but I'm an arachnophobe.

My fear of spiders is rather irrational, actually. The small spindly ones don't bother me so much (even though they're the most dangerous), it's the giant, fat hairy ones like tarantulas and bird-spiders that give me the creeps. With their humungous asses and eight beady eyes...

*shudders*

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2004-07-01 09:52pm

I like rats (I bet you never would have guessed that).
I don't much like snakes, but they don't really bother me.
But I really hate spiders. They get everywhere, make a mess, and are creepy.

TempestMagister · Post by **TempestMagister** » 2004-07-01 10:34pm

I don't mind rats because I have gotten use to their relative, mice, scurrying along the floor around my house and ripping open food packs in the pantry. I also don't have much fear of rodents, well, because I had to use them (docile mice) in an experiment for a Biology lab, live ones.

Spiders don't freak me out that much because I see so many around here. In my old apartment, they use to be crawling all over the place. I have seen ticks get embedded into my brother twice (one time he had around 3 on his body at a time), and I usually see jumping spiders crawl along the floor every month. Because I see them so much, and I don't prefer to kill harmless crawlies, and especially spiders, which help get rid of all the ants and beetles that always seem to get in our house.

Now, because I am not used to snakes, if I saw one hiding in my pantry when I opened it for example, I would probably freak out. Maybe it is because the snake is so big compared to the other two. If there was a snake in my yard though, and it never got in my way, I probably wouldn't mind it, because it would really help more against infestation problems.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2004-07-01 10:48pm

None of the above. What disturb me are Florida cockroachs and palmetto bugs.

They're big...

They're armored...

And they FLY.

I've actually had a pet rat, and dealt with banana spiders, wolf spiders, and spiders that I have no clue what they're called. Snakes I only am concerned about if they're venomous, which down here means a pygmy rattler, diamondback, cottonmouth, water moc, or coral snake.

IndustrialNoise · Post by **IndustrialNoise** » 2004-07-01 10:50pm

I like all of them... Rats are cute, snakes are just cool, and I don't mind spiders. So I guess I'll have to pick spiders, since I have no real reason to like them.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2004-07-01 11:23pm

Spiders with big bodies give me the willies.
Little spiders or something like daddy long legs are okay.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-07-01 11:29pm

Spiders, rats are playful and intelligent and snakes are just cool. Spiders have no redeeming value.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-07-01 11:42pm

Bah! I'm not afraid of those, just wary since they can all bite.

The Morrigan · Post by **The Morrigan** » 2004-07-01 11:55pm

I have an utterly irrational fear of wasps. Even though I've never actually been stung by one. Can't even stay in the same room as one.

But of the ones on the poll, I think spiders would be it. Ever accidentally walked into a spiders web, then spent the next few minutes flailing around frantically because, well if you've walked into the web, where the Hell is the spider?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-07-02 12:55am

Spiders. Snakes are cool and rats are cat food.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2004-07-02 12:57am

None of the above.

However, if i had to choose one I'm more likely to be 'creeped' out by, spiders.

Then again, defanged tartantulas make good staring-contest opponents, rats make great 'back walking ticklers' and snakes make good belts

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-07-02 01:01am

Spiders easily. Rats are soft and cute, snakes are cool but spiders are freaky and disgusting.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-07-02 01:02am

I'd probably say rats, as the spiders I've encountered have been a nuisance, and were easily squishable, and I've never had to encounter a snake. What really freaks me out are bees. Whenever there's one around, I'm in constant fear of being stung. It's probably from a time in 1999 where I accidentally hiked into a nest of them and got stung about ten times.

Meest · Post by **Meest** » 2004-07-02 01:47am

Centipides freak me out more than spiders, they naturally try to run into your clothes when they sense danger

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-07-02 02:17am

Rats are cute little pets, snakes are something I respect but don't fear, but spiders just creep the shit out of me. It's just that they have VENOM and they go fricken' everywhere and I don't know how to recognize the venomous ones and I don't know whether they'll bite me or not if they had the chance.

Post by **Edi** » 2004-07-02 03:44am

Out of those three, spiders. Centipededs are also pretty revolting, maybe even more so. Insects don't bother me much, but arachnids and centipedes give me the shivers. Snakes and rats on the other hand are cool, especially snakes.

Edi

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-07-02 06:46am

Spiders. I'd shriek like a pussy and run around like a school girl if I saw a tarantula right beside me. Snakes are awesome. Rats are filthy. But cockroaches are the worst.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-07-02 09:01am

Why isn't there an "Other" choice? None of those bother me in the least. Ticks freak me out, but spiders and snakes are cool. Rats I don't like but they aren't creepy.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-07-02 10:09am

None of those freak me out really. . . .the only insect that really does freak me out to any degree is bees and anything that flies and has a stinger.

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-07-02 10:32am

Spiders. Snakes are cool, rats are just disgusting, not scary.