People do love their pets. Some people bring dogs into their families and others prefer cats. And then there are the people who love their spiders. Many spider-lovers have a soft spot for tarantulas, big, hairy creatures that don’t have venom. And because tarantulas are usually docile — which means they’re calm and not mean — some people even buy them for children.
If you’re contemplating taking home a tarantula, however, first think about the recent case of a 29-year-old tarantula owner in England. It may show why these spiders make lousy pets. He had conjunctivitis in his right eye, which means the membrane that surrounded his eyeball had become irritated.
His doctors were puzzled because the swelling wasn’t responding to medicine, so they took a closer look at the eyeball. In a recent study, the doctors reported seeing “fine hair-like projections” sticking out of the man’s eye. When told about his hairy eye, the man knew exactly what the fine hair-like projections were: tarantula hairs.
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