And You Thought Crabs Were Uncomfortable...

Is this image sexy to you? Probably, if you like vagina (yes!), labial clamps (sometimes?) and spiders (NO!). But regardless of the picture's prurient merits, I've really got to know what kind of idiot lets someone stick a Chilean Rose Hair tarantula on her hoo-hah.

Would it bite? Probably not. Chilean Rose Hairs are actually fairly friendly, as tarantulas go. Unfortunately, they're also covered in Type III urticating hairs, which are "one of the primary defense mechanisms used by some tarantulas ... barbed hairs that cover the dorsal and posterior surface of the tarantula's abdomen".

OK, so the urticating hairs on a Rose Hair aren't terribly bad compared to the kinds you find on some other spiders, and don't typically bother humans too badly -- like a mild nettle sting. But then they typically don't wind up between a woman's nether lips, either. It would be like... have you ever accidentally touched yourself after chopping peppers or spilling hot sauce on your hands? Yeah. Like that. Screaming agony for hours and hours. Can you imagine a nettle sting on your most intimate of intimates?

And if she's allergic... oh God. That poor woman.

(Hey, can anyone help me track down the origin of that picture?)

Found here, via Sarah Hepola on Scanner. Credit to Jill for helping me ID the spider.