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05-09-2016, 01:36 PM
Julie, when broke-down, my two (personal) big worries are Rattlesnakes and scorpions (mainly, because to me, broke down always leads to laying beneath a car or truck to fix it...and snakes don't like to share the shade with ANYONE!)
Then again, I always get a laugh out of watching tarantulas run across a paved road, too. Normally they move at night and at sunrise and sunset, but every once in a while (I assume, when something is trying to eat them) you'll see one dart across a paved road in mid-day. Watch them! They move FAST, hold their bodies high off the ground (legs hyper-extended) to get their bodies away from the hot pavement, and they don't wait to see if traffic is oncoming, either!
I saw one once almost outrun a roadrunner. NOTE: I said ALMOST! (Yummm for the roadrunner, bad day at blackrock for the tarantula).
Then again, I always get a laugh out of watching tarantulas run across a paved road, too. Normally they move at night and at sunrise and sunset, but every once in a while (I assume, when something is trying to eat them) you'll see one dart across a paved road in mid-day. Watch them! They move FAST, hold their bodies high off the ground (legs hyper-extended) to get their bodies away from the hot pavement, and they don't wait to see if traffic is oncoming, either!
I saw one once almost outrun a roadrunner. NOTE: I said ALMOST! (Yummm for the roadrunner, bad day at blackrock for the tarantula).