I used to be deathly afraid of spiders, until I figured out only certain ones can jump.

Thanks for the compliment. Maybe I should start a DA account and see if I can gain a following. I've got a ton of photos of still-lifes and crap I'm sure they'll just eat up :3

I'm told that these are one of the few types of spiders in Australia that WON'T at least give you a painfully agonizing bite if you get too close.

I try to keep my photos here at least animal-oriented. Otherwise I feel like it would be cheating :3

Awesome :)

I like my local species of Nephila, but I think the Australian one is even bigger.