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		| Originally posted by Supple Cow Snakes are slimy and spiders are creepy-crawly. ...
 I'd touch something slimy over a creepy-crawly any day.
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 Funny part is, snakes aren't even remotely slimy.  Their skin is generally quite dry--more like patent leather or something.
I generally will go out of my way to avoid killing a spider, except when it is or closely resembles a black widow, which live in great numbers in my area.  Then, out comes the Raid.
I used to room with a guy who was raising hundreds of king snakes in the garage, so I'm cool with them too, though I really don't see them in the wild.  Obviously I'd give a rattler a wide berth if I met one.