You are still in shock, your jaw drops and you gape at the spider.

The thing didn’t move, just strung up there in its invisible wires, watching us with green eyes, as shiny as a half dollar.

I watched Toad as he grabbed a long stick,” Cool.” He said, and he cautiously stepped close enough to poke at the striped and spotted monster. Then the thing hissed, long and loud. It made a noise like a great snake.

“That’s a really BAD idea!” I said. I did some figuring. If this really was what it looked like, then it could easily jump nine or ten meters in half a heartbeat. Some partner I’d got, and he’s just not getting it. He poked at the thing’s abdomen again.   

Still not moving, the thing hissed, sputtered and spat some greenish- black goop, stringy and viscous like over chewed, overheated bubblegum. The stringy bits stretched and drifted off like heavy, sticky smoke as the glob arced. It shot further than I guessed the monster could jump. 

“DON’T POKE THAT!” I screamed just like a third grade girl.