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NeRFaHoLIc said:
I guess you must think I'm a freak for being fascinated by spiders. :D

But I can completely understand why people are affraid of them.
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Not at all. When I was a kid I was scared shitless of them but completely fascinated by them at the same time. I was always looking at the spider books in the library or looking at them in a jar etc. but was too wimpy to go near them otherwise.

Whenever I see one that more than about 3cm I just freeze. Hate the thought that their 6 eyes or whatever are staring me down and watching my every move. Its amazing how something thats 1000x times smaller than you can have that sort of effect.

Ive had black spiders crawl up my leg up to my thigh before I noticed, had them crawling on the couch next to my head...but what freaked me out the most was back when I was 17 or 18 and had posters all over my bedroom walls, next to my bed etc. Was just lying in bed one night and heard the pitter patter on the posters and it went closer and closer to my head. I didnt want to move because I didnt know what sort of spider it was...ended up dropping on my head. Jumped out of bed screaming and shouting, smacking my face etc. Turned out only to be daddy long legs but **** me, hearing it coming towards me freaked me out.

The other one was more funny, but I was lying in bed one morning after a big night out, still pretty munted, and I see a daddy long legs walking on the ceiling. It walked over to where my head was and started to slowly drop...reminded me of the magic claw games. I thought I might have been tripping but it was real....If I let it go, it would have landed smack bang on my nose.
 
Hate spiders.

Snakes I can deal with. They are big, obvious, and you would generally know if one had bitten you.

But spiders are creepy, tricky, mindless little things. Hate them. Never know where one is. Or when one might get you.

Quick story. Got to my car once and open the door - there is a big (well... medium-sized) huntsman on the driver's side mat. It looks at me for a few seconds (whilst I freeze momentarily) and then disappears under my seat. :eek: I don't have time (or the courage) to look for it so I have to hop in the car and hope for the best. I don't get bitten.

Open the door the next day and the spider is in the same spot on the mat. Again, we look at each other, and he disappears again! Stuck with him for another trip.

So the next time I am ready. I know his favorite spot on the mat. I take a rolled up magazine and open the door, and sure enough he is in the same spot. Just as he makes a break for it under the seat again, I swipe him out!

What a relief that was. :thumbsu:
 
Spiders are the only things that completely freak me out. I dont understand chicks and rats, there not scary at all! But a flipping spider, man they are the ugliest creatures, and there out to get you!

But the award has to go to: 'The CAMEL SPIDER'

Just check out what the troops have to deal with in AFGAN!!!

THE CAMEL SPIDER!
A very fast desert spider that are as common as the household huntsman...
Top Speed: 15kmph
Size: Up to 45cm long
Venom: Equivalent to a White Tail

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And the BITE!!!! :eek::eek::eek:
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I just thought I'd post a picture of a Wolf Spider.

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I saw a doco that Wolf Spiders in Australia, their venom is so bad that if bitten, they can kill the skin cells around the wound.

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But Wikipedia said that wasn't the case.
 
Thrawn said:
Actually, camel spiders aren't true spiders.
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They do exist, they technically aren't spiders, but they are arachanids.

But all that information that went out with the email when it made its rounds back in the day, are all inaccurate. I remember we looked it up when we first got the email, and none of it is correct. Seeing how their bite is non-venemous, and they don't grow that big at all, I wouldn't be surprised if that bite wound is also fake.
 
They're real, they're just a lot smaller than they're made out to be. And those stories aren't true.

Type it into google, this guy has one ties to a dollar bill. Now as I have no idea how big a dollar bill is...it's hard to judge, but I don't think a dollar bill is 45cm long. :p

Btw, Tassie, Huntsmens bite. But I don't think they're poisonous...My cat used to eat em all the time, or at least play with them...

Plus I think cats are immune to spider bites. For one reason or another.
 
Nerf...dude...you gotta stop posting pics of spiders...I think I speak for most of us soft ccks when I say even a picture freaks us out.
 
ripitup27 said:
Nerf...dude...you gotta stop posting pics of spiders...I think I speak for most of us soft ccks when I say even a picture freaks us out.
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That was the first one I posted. :p

I just thought it would be an injustice to leave out the Wolf Spider. :D

But I see your point, I can't even watch someone having a needle injected in their skin without squirming. In fact, just thinking about it makes me squirm.

Ergh, needles.
 
How about we stop posting pictures of freaking looking ****ing spider eh? You'll give a bloke a complex.

Not that I don't already have one.

Spiders. My age old nemesis (second only to Emus). I refuse to believe we couldn't wipe them all out and be fine. They have no purpose, no use what so ever. Sure they eat insects and stuff, well I say we increase the frog population, Happy to have frogs in the kitchen but the hairy, bitey, conniving little ***** can get ****ed.

I honestly believe they are like dogs in that they can sense fear. My ex loved them and sure enough they pretty much left her alone, before she started going out with me and then she reckons she hasn't seen as many in her whole life.

No kidding, I once had a giant huntsman chase and corner me in my room. No joke.
 
J-Train said:
Huntsmen spiders are harmless. You need a visit from Mr T. :)
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Rubbish, you have been duped by their sinister ways.

No doubt that they have influence in the media and have been peddling this "harmless" propaganda to all and sundry.
 

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OK - how about a video of spiders on drugs :)

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morell said:
How about we stop posting pictures of freaking looking ****ing spider eh? You'll give a bloke a complex.

Not that I don't already have one.

Spiders. My age old nemesis (second only to Emus). I refuse to believe we couldn't wipe them all out and be fine. They have no purpose, no use what so ever. Sure they eat insects and stuff, well I say we increase the frog population, Happy to have frogs in the kitchen but the hairy, bitey, conniving little ***** can get ****ed.

I honestly believe they are like dogs in that they can sense fear. My ex loved them and sure enough they pretty much left her alone, before she started going out with me and then she reckons she hasn't seen as many in her whole life.

No kidding, I once had a giant huntsman chase and corner me in my room. No joke.
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This world would be much worse off without spiders. You think the flies were bad last year? Try tripling that by 40 quadrillion. Not to mention mosquitoes, moths, and any other bitches that piss you off.

Apart from a daddy long legs, or a jumping spider, the spider you'd want on you is a huntsmen. Sure they're massive kents and bite probs packs a punch. But at least you won't die!
 
I'll never forget a couple of months ago when a bird got into my house and it took over an hour to get it out. It was in my back room, and not long after it was in there, I noticed numerous cobwebs begun to hang from the ceiling. If I didn't already need to get the bird out asap, then I definitely now had to, otherwise there would have been a few more problems than just a small bird stuck in my house.

I don't like to think about how many spiders must inhabit that back room, for that many webs to come down from the ceiling in that short amount time of time makes me feel ill.

It's funny the way nature works though, I'll admit, just not in my house thanks. :o
 

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There'd be dozens upon dozens of spiders hiding in every household id imagine, whether in the roof, or cracks or in between bricks outside. Bleh. Yuk.
 
Spider.


I am also forever grateful we dont get tarantulas in Australia. I always think back to Home Alone when Kevin puts Buzz' tarantula on one of the robbers faces. *shudder*
 
Macca19 said:
I am also forever grateful we dont get tarantulas in Australia. I always think back to Home Alone when Kevin puts Buzz' tarantula on one of the robbers faces. *shudder*
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My mate back in primary school used to have a pet tarantula, can't remember how he got it. He kept it in a jar and used to feed it, I have absolutely no idea why you would want to do such a thing.
 

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