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| Figure eight Delray Beach, FL December 2009 |
Please accept my apologies if you're an arachnophobe, but this picture struck me as particularly evocative of this week's natural world theme (head here for more.) My logic is simple: What's out there isn't always neat, clean or otherwise perfect. Sometimes, brushing up against it - or even seeing a picture of it - makes us feel more than a little uncomfortable. But as wondrous as it can be, the world isn't a perfect place, and wishing otherwise isn't going to change reality.
Besides, spiders eat all the other icky stuff out there, so they're kinda like helper-beings. I thought this one looked somewhat worth shooting despite my wife's insistence that I crush it like a, um, bug. This particular critter was already outside, so I figured I could skate with a quick shoot followed by a gentle coaxing-into-the-bushes session. Jarring as it was, I just couldn't squish it.
Your turn: Spiders...splat or save? Why?
SPLAT! I am usually reacting too quickly to ask why. ;-)
ReplyDeleteYup...splat for me too.
ReplyDeletesave, because like you said they are useful !
ReplyDeletenow mosquitoes...
For me it's an if/then proposition. If they are inside my house - splat (or I do employ the option of sucking them up in the vacuum occasionally). But if they are outside then I leave them be.
ReplyDeleteSpiders are people, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm catch and release with them.
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