The friendliest way to catch spiders
Don’t want spiders in your room but don’t want to kill them either? Concerned about the use of pesticides near your kids and pets? Check out the Spider Catcher!
This device was originally invented in Ireland for their genteel little critters. Then Des Harris brought the invention to Australia. He found it lacking when it came to handling our more rugged, butch and manly spiders like the huntsman and funnel web spider. So it was re-engineered for our conditions.
You can catch spiders without hurting them (there’s been supervised testing on real live animals after extensive testing on plastic spiders), then set them free in a more appropriate environment.
And if being near a spider makes you a bit queasy, there’s a long handled version that allows you to get about 1.6m (5 ft) away from the beastie.
BUT…
There is much potential for misuse of this invention. I’m concerned that squeamish terrorists, kidnappers, bullies and CIA agents may be able to use this device to intimidate and coerce their victims from a safe distance. Should the Geneva Conventions pertaining to the rights of prisoners and excluded forms of interrogation include a reference to the Spider Catcher? By making spider handling safe for the bad guys, are we contributing to the downfall of society as we know it?