Interesting Pets

When you see a large glass case with bark, leaves and other vegetation inside it prominently displayed on someone's coffee table, you just know that there's some kind of freaky/dangerous pet inside there.

Tonight at a friend of a friend's dwelling, I encountered Fluffy the Tarantula. Being a tropical creature, Fluffy's hairy body was huddled against the side of the glass closest to the radiator. She was only a year old and frankly I've had far bigger monsters leap out from between the plates in my dish rack (see picture).

But Fluffy had a certain bulk to her legs & abdomen that seemed to promise Shelob-type proportions given a few years of growth.