Elbert, I think we've found a property, now where do we pick up the raccoons?

And Jesse, YUCK! I know people do keep them as pets but truly, YUCK!

A colleague of my husband's shipped his pet tarantula to his posting in Europe. Two of the tarantulas legs got knocked off in transit so he took it to the vet who glued them back on and the tarantula was "good as new." His words, not mine. He was hugely pleased at the resilience of his leggy friend but all I could think was what kind of monstrous pet can be put together with crazy glue and keep on trucking?