Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan: I had a chicken sandwich. The tarantula had a cricket or two, but it had eaten earlier. The keeper was moving the tarantula from one place to another, and stopped for lunch on the way. Its presence caused quite a stir--a number of people, including zoo employees gathered around. The keeper enjoyed the attention. She asked if anyone wanted to pet the tarantula. She said that as long as it was well fed and handled gently, it wouldn't bite. There were all sorts of giggles and remarks like "oh, gross" or "I'm not gonna touch that thing!" As you can see from the picture, one of the zoo employees did pet it, and I got the picture. And I pet it myself. It felt like a big spider with fur. :-) At one point, she also brought this specimen out: http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/StLouis/3-14Scorpion.htm Now *that* I was not going to touch! Confidential to Sonny, Chris and Tina: It is *not* a crawdad. Oh, by the way, both the critters were shot with a Summicron 50/2, 1/60 or 1/30 at f/2, as close as the lens could get. Tri-X in Xtol 1:1. - --Peter At 03:05 PM 12/3/03 -0800, Nathan Wajsman <n.wajsman@chello.nl> queried: >So, what did you have for lunch? > >Peter Klein wrote: > > > At the St. Louis Zoo cafeteria. Really. > > > > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/StLouis/3-19Tarantula.htm > > > > --Peter Klein > > Seattle, WA - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html