Generally speaking, we should know what to expect from wild animals. We know the ones to give space when we’re in the great outdoors, and we know the ones to photograph from afar, and we know the ones that won’t bother us in the slightest.
But nature has some surprises in store, and they’re not always pleasant. Take, for example, the video evidence that tarantulas can swim.
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Judging by all the Instagram-worthy travel pics that come out of Big Bend Ranch State Park in Texas, it seems like a serene, scenic, relaxing place to get back in touch with nature.
It has everything an outdoors playground needs: mountains, canyons, rivers, big skies, and miles and miles of trails to explore. It’s also home to mountain lions, black bears, lizards, foxes, coyotes, bighorn sheep, at least 16 species of bats, 30 kinds of snakes, 300 kinds of birds, and tarantulas.
It’s the tarantulas that have really put Big Bend Ranch State Park on the map of late.
This Texas treasure is suddenly in a much larger spotlight after a video surfaced of one of the park’s less serene and relaxing sights surfaced — a tarantula swimming.
Now, I would expect that for many of us, upon encountering a large, hairy spider, our first plan would be to put something like a large body of water between us and the spider.
Unfortunately, it turns out that that wouldn’t slow down the little arachnid one bit. It’s enough to make you roll your swimsuit up and stash it away in the basement.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but summer is cancelled. Spiders have ruined it.
If you can’t escape the creepy crawlies, going outside is over. Nope nope nope!
Swipe through the park’s Instagram post below to see the video of the tarantula swimming, if you dare.
