mistertim Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Puppy-sized spider?????? http://www.livescience.com/48340-goliath-birdeater-surprises-scientist.html Yeah, T. blondi can get HUGE. They're also pretty defensive for a New World species so I wouldn't go around trying to pick one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 Yeah, T. blondi can get HUGE. They're also pretty defensive for a New World species so I wouldn't go around trying to pick one up. No worries there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 And so it begins... Spiders the size of rats are breeding and colonising the UK The fen raft spider is as large as an adult’s palm – or a rat, if you prefer – and is the closest thing the UK has to a tarantula. Its hairless body has long legs, a dark body and cream stripes down the side and it prefers to live in dark boggy places. More than 1,000 nursery webs have been counted in Suffolk, and each one can give birth to thousands of babies. Click on the link for more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Man's screams over spider prompt neighbours to report 'domestic' incident to Sydney police Sydney police responded to what they thought was a domestic violence issue — only to find a flustered man trying to chase a "rather large" spider. Numerous calls were placed to Harbourside Local Area Command on Saturday from neighbours who reported hearing a woman screaming hysterically and a man yelling "I'm going to kill you, you're dead". The sounds of furniture being thrown about the unit was also reported. Officers attended the reported address about 2:00am and were greeted by a man "out of breath and rather flushed". Police asked the man where his wife or girlfriend was, with the man saying he did not have either and that he lived alone. The Harbourside LAC posted a rough transcript of the conversation to their Facebook page. "Come on mate, people clearly heard you yelling you were going to kill her and furniture getting thrown around the unit. Come on mate, what have you done to her," police said. According to the post, the man became "very sheepish" and replied: "It was a spider." Police: "Sorry?" Male: "It was a spider, a really big one!" Police: "What about the woman screaming?" Male: "Yeah sorry, that was me. I really, really hate spiders." Click on the link for the full article 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 lol @ "yeah sorry, that was me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Always Australia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 And so it begins... Indeed. And continues in Tennessee. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/25/millions-spiders-swarm-tennessee/76362006/ 'Like a horror movie': Millions of spiders swarm Tenn. neighborhood If you are scared of spiders, this might sound like a nightmare. Millions of spiders have taken over a Tennessee neighborhood in what looks like a scene from a “horror movie,” according to residents, WMC-TV reported. A nearly half-mile-long spider web covered lawns in a north Memphis neighborhood earlier this week. Residents told WMC-TV that the spiders are hard to get rid of, and many are showing up in people's homes. *Click Link For More* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Good morning. Oh, do you need to turn up the air conditioning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Man finds a hole full of spiders – decides to stick his hand in and drag them out Click on the link for the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 So I just recently bought an Avicularia verisicolor tarantula. Come on...they're kinda cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 So I just recently bought an Avicularia verisicolor tarantula. Come on...they're kinda cute. Well, she (I assume it's a she) is very Christmassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 So I just recently bought an Avicularia verisicolor tarantula. Come on...they're kinda cute. Armored death spikes....no thanks (yes I know it's fur lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Couldn't make it past the :30 mark. It's all fun and games until o e of them kids seizes up and goes limp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Well I'm not sleeping tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passepartout Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 My father is scared of spiders but not of snakes. Weird isn't it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 My father is scared of spiders but not of snakes. Weird isn't it?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 My father is scared of spiders but not of snakes. Weird isn't it?! Spiders don't bother me at all. I've held a snake and I'm ok with it if it's a pet or in a zoo. I've found snakes in my garage and it took all I could to get them out. I'm not deathly afraid of snakes, but I'd rather not tangle with a wild one, even if I know it's not poisonous. Had a damn mouse in my house. Ran right past me yesterday morning and of course I jumped because I had no idea what it was (6 am- I was still trying to wake up). I corralled him out the front door. Lucky he didn't run very far and I could get the door open. I think he was panicking, because he kind of froze, until I could shoo him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I've found snakes in my garage Wtf, PJ? That's not cool lol No lye barrier around the house?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Wtf, PJ? That's not cool lol No lye barrier around the house?? The old house that my ex lives in. There was woods in the back with a drainage ditch and then a dairy farm on the other side. We were the first house and there was s big field in the one side of our house. I made the HOA cut the field down to cut back on snakes and mice. I imagine they came in the garage looking for mice. Found a couple of black non-poisonous snakes. Largest was about 18 inches long. Broom and shovel worked well. Found one on the sticky mouse strip. Put on gloves and held him by the tail. Put him out of his misery because he wasn't coming off that glue strip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Just figured everyone would want to meet my new friend. This is Harley. She's a 4 inch Avicularia versicolor female. She enjoys crickets, walks on the beach, and watching you while you sleep. Don't worry, she's just making sure you're safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Tim, how are you not dead already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Tim, how are you not dead already? How do you know this isn't actually Harley typing? Maybe I took over Tim's body. Actually, there are no tarantulas with a deadly bite. Some, like Poecilotheria genus, you really wouldn't want to get a bite from because its potent and you'd probably need a hospital visit and be in considerable pain along with other nasty symptoms. But none are deadly. Harley, there, has pretty weak venom. It would actually be pretty hard to get her to bite you...she'd run away first, then do a threat pose if you corned her, then bite as a last resort. But if she did, the effects would be pretty much like a bee or wasp sting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I don't react all that strongly to anything that isn't touching me or attempting to. I hate spiders but I can calmly dispatch them. I won't handle snakes, because they are creepy as hell, but I've seen a lot of them while fishing and other than the one that latched onto my boot (and had to die) I'm happy to watch them slither around for a while. Mice don't freak me out at all, neither do rats. I don't like the diseases the might carry but they are still just furry little animals to me. The natural monstrosity responsible for most of my less than proud moments is this ****: I've had so many camel crickets jump on me, or try to, that I've lost count. It's always when I'm up late at night when I'm distracted by work or just plain exhausted. I hate those little monsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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