DALLAS, Texas – As every year in Texas, those dark, hairy, eight-legged shapes that move slowly on walls, gardens, corners, fallen tree trunks, and other “scary places” are back on the eve of arrival. of the summer.
Tarantulas are from the spider family, but for many residents, it’s like a 100-fold nightmare when they see one.
“I’m terrified of spiders, and suddenly my teenage son had the idea of bringing a tarantula as a pet. And practically against my will, my husband convinced me that he would also be responsible for it not escaping into the house,” she says. to Telemundo39.com Lorena Garcia, a Fort Worth resident who accepted the “furry bug” just because her son graduated with good grades from high school.
The truth is that the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the venom of the Texas brown tarantula, is not deadly but it is painful. And thousands of them appear from May to October because they seek to mate.
But not all tarantulas are brown, and not all are Texan.
Randall Kennedy, from Dallas/Fort Worth Wildlife Control, explains that they all have venom, and if it does bite you, it will be painful and it will depend on the health of the people, the reactions you might have, but at least you end up with a lot of swelling and burning.
It is advisable to go to the hospital and when you see one, better not go near them and do not kill them because they are part of the ecosystem that keeps insect pests under control.
If you want to remove one from your property, better call the experts to do it.
