Cactus Cowboy
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That's a song by 'The Twistin' Tarantulas'---yes, there's actually a band by that name, and the song is pretty funny too. Had a visitor today, met him in my yard... at first I thought he was in trouble, all hunkered down on the walkway which leads to my utility shed, but it turned out he was DRINKING by letting the raindrops roll down his head, lol. Hey, high desert spiders get thirsty too!!! Here's my hairy little friend, shots taken as the rain temporarily stopped and he began to stroll... no arachnophobia here, tarantulas are free to roam where they will in my yard. The cats occasionally take swipes at tarantulas, but they usually back off once the spiders rear up in defensive mode, lol. In the interest of science, I tossed a 2007 quarter down on the walkway for scale... not the largest tarantula I've ever seen in my yard, but a fair representative of the species.