I have tested my nerve by reaching a little too closely toward a lengthy alligator on the Gulf Coast and a saucer-sized tarantula in a Houston car park.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I used to have 30 different species of tarantulas, as well as two Australian scorpions that are considered the deadliest in the world. If stung by one, a person would die in 30 minutes. But when I had kids I had to get rid of them, of course. Those were intense!
The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.
I am used to wrangling crocodiles.
Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.
I am not a fan of tarantulas.
I've sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I've helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes; I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.
Well, I'm wrestling alligators.