The Spider Room in Rancho Cucamonga

• 34:48Tim and Ben drive to the Spider Room in Rancho Cucamonga, a venomous spider rental operation hidden inside a nondescript office building.
• 35:42Running a venomous spider rental business out of a sublet office room is apparently a sign your company is doing well.
• 35:57Exotic animal enthusiasts are odd—people drawn to snakes and spiders tend to have something else going on in their lives.
• 36:33You never walk into a reptile shop and see a gorgeous person there; it's never a tan surfer deciding between the beach and buying Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
• 37:23The people in the exotic animal trade are like unsuccessful versions of Joe Exotic—there's a type of person drawn to venomous spiders.
• 37:56Tim asks if they have Brazilian wandering spiders, the world's most venomous spider, only to learn they're sold out in Rancho Cucamonga.
• 38:32Tim and Ben almost bought a Goliath spider, but the seller warns them the fangs are three-quarters of an inch and pierce bone.
• 38:56The spider flicks microscopic hairs as a defense mechanism that get stuck in your throat and eyes—the seller just had them in his for nine days.
• 39:29Feeding the Goliath requires weekly Madagascar hissing cockroaches, turning you into a different person the moment you decide to drive around with hissing cockroaches in your car.
• 40:42Tim's favorite internet argument: an entomologist says brown recluses don't exist in Southern California, and someone responds 'hey fuck you I was bitten in Woodland Hills.'
• 41:31After the spider room, Tim considers getting a puppy at an animal shelter, which he admits is not a fun way to get a dog—the animals are homeless four-year-olds and the staff also look like they need help.

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