I always remove spiders safely and transfer them to the garden - if in daylight then I make sure to put them out of sight of any birds looking for their dinner! I'm totally phobic about moths and crane flies, but still wouldn't kill them - my DH is commandeered to catch them and release them outside (in the dark, of course, so they don't fly straight back indoors 
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I don't mind spiders; we have a live and let live policy. I would never knowingly kill one and go to great lengths to remove them safely from the bathroom porcelain when they struggle to remove themselves. They eat flies. I like that.
We lived in a bungalow in Singapore with a small garden which had a banana tree. A very large (as my hand!) hairy spider lived in it. It ate things larger than itself. 
. We kept each other at more than arms length.
I'm sorry but we don't have a capture and release policy for spiders in this house !
I admire your bravery /courage/ madness ( delete as appropriate) but they get a damn good pounding in this house until I am sure there is not a breath left !!
I'm not sure what Id do when coming face to face with a tarantula but please don't offer to help me find out 
I must admit I people's reaction to my spider is quite amusing!
Here is one I owned a few years ago, I called it Cuddles.
I would love to own a snake, but as they eat mice of which I am phobic, I have settled for shares in the python two of my young grandsons own. I have a great photo of it around my neck like a necklace!
Well, bully for you!
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