An Australian has posted a terrifying photo of a huge hunter spider sitting on the toilet paper roll in a public restroom, shocking people around the world.
You have to swipe or walk away without swiping. Neither choice is pleasant, ”wrote the unknown Aussie in their photo uploaded to the internet discussion site Reddit.
Within hours, it got more than 10,700 upvotes from horrified people who loved it – mostly from the US and Canada.
The gruesome image of a lurking hunter spider was posted on Reddit
“I think I should have a spare sandwich in my bag when I go to Australia,” one redditor wrote in the comment section.
“Maybe they make toilet paper wrappers like we have nose bags.”
Another wrote: ‘I really want to go to Australia. I really don’t want to go to Australia. ‘
The harmless and timid insectivorous spider is especially terrifying to humans because it is large, hairy and fast running.
A Sydney mother took pictures of baby hunters in her daughter’s bedroom (pictured) to get arachnologist Dr Lizzie Lowe to remind people that the big and hairy spiders are harmless
“Burn it to the ground, my parents get hunters to theirs and I want to put my eyes out,” wrote one Redditor.
The photo may help explain why Australians are almost universally stripping the toilet paper aisles of major supermarket chains during the coronavirus shutdown.
One redditor joked, ‘We actually ran out of toilet paper during the start of the pandemic and had to use hunters to wipe, when the situation got dire they started mixing and matching packages and that’s why this photo exists’.
Hunter spiders are on the move in February as it is the end of the summer breeding season.
Dr. Lizzie Lowe, an arachnologist at Macquarie University, said the creepy crawlers are more likely to turn on each other than harm you (stock image)
The large, long-legged spiders known for their speed have appeared in great numbers this season as cities across the country took on an arachnid infestation.
The observations, which have been widely shared on social media, brought little comfort to people with arachnophobia.
But Dr. Lizzie Lowe, an arachnologist at Macquarie University, said the “pretty” scary crawlers are harmless because their eyesight is poor, they’re usually confused, and they’re not very poisonous.
‘Hunters don’t have good eyesight. They see light and dark and movement and that’s all, ”she told Weatherzone.
They will never run at you on purpose because they are small and not very poisonous. They can bite you, but they can’t hurt. ‘
Dr Lowe said hunter is ‘super fast’ but often confused and when they come to you confusion is the simple explanation.
She said hunters are not aggressive spiders and they usually stay high as they find food to eat.
Dr. Lowe said hunters are “ summer spiders ” because their eggs hatch in the spring, when they are stimulated by the warmer weather and rainy conditions.
But the baby hunter recently spotted across the country has appeared as some spiders do two rounds of breeding.
Dr. Lowe cautioned that it’s best to just let the baby hunter do his or her own thing – because they’re more likely to turn each other on than harm you.
When the babies hatch, they spread very quickly over one or two days. They are highly cannibalistic and do not want to be eaten by their littermates. They also need their own food, so it’s in their best interest to spread, ‘she said.
“There is probably only enough food for one hunter in every house.”
Dr Lowe’s comments come after a mother from Sydney snaps pictures of baby spiders infiltrating her daughter’s bedroom.
She shared the terrifying images with a friend, who posted them on social media.
The friend said, ‘They are bigger than the little babies I’ve seen. At the window you can see how big they are. ‘
‘They are fast and they jump and they are big. I catch them and put them out. However, this would totally panic me. ‘