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Dang Nature You Scary (Beware Has Spider Content)
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| Hey Wazup. Is it just me or are spiders absolutely freaky! If i ever see one of chance making it self at home the universe stops and i have to dispose of it straight away by putting it in a cup and catapulted out my window as far as possible then i resume lol I mean come on guys i dont know if its just me or the fact that these things have 8 hairy long legs, 8 Eyes, Fangs! Venomous and the way they capture and eat the food well..... :O lol I think it would be funny to hear what you think of these cretures and how you dispose of them. XD P.S To those that love spiders dont worry i dont hate them  Also feel free to talk about any other creature or animal that you dislike  | 2011-05-07 21:45:00 Author: Special_D_  Posts: 57 |
| They're as scared of you as you are of them. Or something | 2011-05-07 21:55:00 Author: Radishlord  Posts: 706 |
| how you dispose of them. XD The Oxford Pocket School Dictionary. | 2011-05-07 23:19:00 Author: Rabid-Coot  Posts: 6728 |
| Pocket So it's small? That means you have to put your hands near them! I use the Yellow Pages and throw it. | 2011-05-07 23:30:00 Author: Ayneh  Posts: 2454 |
| I actually like spiders! Hey, Why does everybody look at me like that? I think spiders are cool. :hrmf:. | 2011-05-07 23:36:00 Author: moonwire  Posts: 1627 |
| Theres nothing wrong with any animal, Spiders are actually really cute, I Tried getting one on my finger and it recoiled and ran away. Spiders are better than Humans any day. | 2011-05-07 23:36:00 Author: Kern  Posts: 5078 |
| Well, spiders may seem cute sometimes and some are innofensive, but remember that some aren't: Warning: Strong picture. (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__1iAx7wtICI/THlbt-s3rrI/AAAAAAAAABY/EkaI94JK6uY/s1600/picada-de-aranha-marrom-6.jpg) | 2011-05-07 23:42:00 Author: gdn001  Posts: 5891 |
| So it's small? That means you have to put your hands near them! I use the Yellow Pages and throw it. About the thickness of 3 dvd cases length and width a litlle less than a ps3 game case. It's more of a bag pocket thing although some large clothing pockets can fit it it's not practical. | 2011-05-07 23:48:00 Author: Rabid-Coot Posts: 6728 |
| About the thickness of 3 dvd cases length and width a litlle less than a ps3 game case. It's more of a bag pocket thing although some large clothing pockets can fit it it's not practical. That's about the size of most of my regular books. o_o My collins pocket and pitman shorthand dictionaries aren't much bigger than my palm. | 2011-05-07 23:57:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454 |
| Well, spiders may seem cute sometimes and some are innofensive, but remember that some aren't: Warning: Strong picture. Brown Recluse? Scary freaky things...  But as for how I dispose of them... I start screaming and scare my whole family, and jump on the table screaming for my mom to stomp it  It always works | 2011-05-08 05:47:00 Author: Unknown User  |
| Febreeze. Works on mosquitoes, hornets, anything. | 2011-05-08 06:03:00 Author: JspOt  Posts: 3607 |
| Remember, if you see a spider it's not that big a deal... unless it disappears... | 2011-05-08 06:06:00 Author: sackboy7789  Posts: 280 |
| I hate spiders. I will kill them if they are on the ground, but if they are on a wall or somewhere higher than my height, I stay back for I fear them, but I don't fear them as much if they are on the ground, I just go: STEP CRUSH STOMP!! | 2011-05-08 06:28:00 Author: Black265  Posts: 208 |
| Family Guy - Dang nature, you scary www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y45xj38z4pI | 2011-05-08 06:36:00 Author: fireblitz95  Posts: 2018 |
| I saw one last night, try to get rid of it but fled like a ninja. So now I'm playing the floor is lava. But if you think spiders are bad, try waking up with a bumble bee in your bed... | 2011-05-08 07:02:00 Author: LordMagicPants  Posts: 187 |
| You'd all kill a tiny harmless arachnid? | 2011-05-08 08:13:00 Author: Kern Posts: 5078 |
| Do you know what's scary? this! (http://www.100ambiente.it/uploads/pigeon1.jpg) | 2011-05-08 08:49:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112 |
| How do I dispose of a spider? Well first off, half the time I don't even know there is a spider. It isn't until my cat finds it and starts to play with it, that I freak out. Usually by this time it's nice and well...near-death. I just put it out of its misery, really. Call it a mercy killing. | 2011-05-08 09:06:00 Author: Ninja_Gnome23  Posts: 198 |
| OMG Omega! That's scary! Scarier then... Nothing... | 2011-05-08 09:27:00 Author: Unknown User |
| I like spiders, but just the really small ones. It's fun to let them crawl around on your hands . Anything bigger than 10 millimetres and a different colour from black though and I usually tend to steer clear of it... or trap it in a jar and throw it outside. | 2011-05-08 10:38:00 Author: Denim360  Posts: 482 |
| No Problems with Spiders as long as they don't walk over my Face. Now it's getting warmer in Germany and the Mosquitos are coming. So it's cool to have some Spiders on my Balcony or at the Windows. They catch those pesky Moquitos, Flies or whatever Things are trying to get in. If i find a Spider in my Apartment, i'll just pick it up with my Hands and bring it back to the Balcony. | 2011-05-08 11:26:00 Author: DeKay1980  Posts: 183 |
| True Story- I heard about this girl who woke up and had a turantula crawling about at her feet. Luckily it wasnt a black widow. (Shiver) D a m n nature you scary. | 2011-05-08 12:13:00 Author: craigmond  Posts: 2426 |
| Well, spiders may seem cute sometimes and some are innofensive, but remember that some aren't: Warning: Strong picture. (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__1iAx7wtICI/THlbt-s3rrI/AAAAAAAAABY/EkaI94JK6uY/s1600/picada-de-aranha-marrom-6.jpg) Mac, GDN got bit by a spider we need to desinfect him. Stay away from mah vodka. remember it ? | 2011-05-08 12:52:00 Author: nysudyrgh  Posts: 5482 |
| MOSQUITOS, those are the really scary things though. One of the very, very few animals I do not like :kz: | 2011-05-08 14:12:00 Author: moonwire Posts: 1627 |
| Heres a sample of a list of Animals made Extinct by Humans (http://listverse.com/2009/07/25/10-recently-extinct-animals/) Heres an entire list of Animals made extinct by spiders (http://www.designsbybethann.com/pictures/Flowers/none%20flowers.jpg) | 2011-05-08 14:38:00 Author: Kern Posts: 5078 |
| Recently Ker?...June 25th 2009... That's a pity humans made extinct this  http://i51.tinypic.com/6olaab.jpg | 2011-05-08 14:53:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112 |
| Recently Ker?...June 25th 2009... That's a pity humans made extinct this http://i51.tinypic.com/6olaab.jpg I didn't make the website, But We Still made all those extinct, and i'm sure we've made more extinct without even realising it | 2011-05-08 14:58:00 Author: Kern Posts: 5078 |
| Heres a sample of a list of Animals made Extinct by Humans (http://listverse.com/2009/07/25/10-recently-extinct-animals/) Heres an entire list of Animals made extinct by spiders (http://www.designsbybethann.com/pictures/Flowers/none%20flowers.jpg) Spiders need to start working harder. | 2011-05-08 15:00:00 Author: Rabid-Coot Posts: 6728 |
| Spiders don't bother me as much as bees. I only have to know that there is one in the room, and im jumping about waving my hands, screaming like a demented nutjob. Ive always found it funny when you see someone trying to act calm in public, with a bee buzzing around their head and you just know that all they wana do, is to scream and run for the hills. I think that maybe i have a bee phobia.  | 2011-05-08 15:15:00 Author: RtooDee2  Posts: 175 |
| Once upon a time about 15 wasps got down my little brothers shirt and stung him time and time again, he still has marks and it was 6 years ago but spiders are much, much, much, much scarier. | 2011-05-08 15:29:00 Author: craigmond Posts: 2426 |
| Also, people say Spiders are cute harmless little things.. The Black Widow that can kill you in one bite if not rushed to the hospital http://www.forestryimages.org/images/768x512/5381084.jpg Black Widow Spider facts: Warning: May contain scary content! (http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/b/Black_widow_spider.htm) The Brown Recluse that can cause... I better now say.. http://i.pbase.com/u12/sasc/upload/42463507.BrnRecluse.jpg Brown Recluse Spider facts: Warning: May contain scary content! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider) | 2011-05-09 07:01:00 Author: Unknown User |
| :O if i seen one of them in my house i would faint lol | 2011-05-09 14:51:00 Author: Special_D_ Posts: 57 |
| Think of this: If you trace back your lineage and also that spider's lineage, they will meet up at around 600 million years ago. That spider is (or was) your distant cousin. The mind boggles when you think how many events had to happen for that spider to end up on the under-side of your shoe. | 2011-05-09 16:49:00 Author: Rhys125  Posts: 841 |
| haha it would be good to have 4 legs and 4 arms next time i see one (hopefully not very soon) i will say "Hey cousin hows it hangin" | 2011-05-09 19:59:00 Author: Special_D_ Posts: 57 |
| http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss13/theamilien_photo/5381084.jpg Christ...looks like my ex... When I was young I used to pull the legs off spiders (the daddy long legs especially as they pulled their own legs off as they tried to fly away). I told my mother that I had found a raisin in the bath... Looking back actually I seemed to have had a troubled childhood O.o But spiders aren't all that scary, they're just things with weird shaped bodies; big, long, hairy spindly legs; 8 eyes and rows of razor sharp venomous teeth...oh. | 2011-05-09 20:26:00 Author: theamilien  Posts: 485 |
| Also, people say Spiders are cute harmless little things.. The Black Widow that can kill you in one bite if not rushed to the hospital http://www.forestryimages.org/images/768x512/5381084.jpg Black Widow Spider facts: Warning: May contain scary content! (http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/b/Black_widow_spider.htm) The Brown Recluse that can cause... I better now say.. http://i.pbase.com/u12/sasc/upload/42463507.BrnRecluse.jpg Brown Recluse Spider facts: Warning: May contain scary content! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider) Sooo ... it can kill my computer when I click that image ? | 2011-05-09 20:45:00 Author: nysudyrgh Posts: 5482 |
| I had a traumatic experiene wth a spider once. I was reading in my bed, with the lamp on (as you do) Then, a spider (4 centimetres in radius) climbs onto my BARE shoulder (as they do) Not too fun. (Such as it is) I didn't sleep that night (Would you?) So yeah. Also, that was about the time I got LBP1 Also, I have self-diagnosed myself with Paranoia that the Eight-legged legion is out to get me. | 2011-05-09 21:01:00 Author: Jakest123  Posts: 319 |
| Or walking into your room and finding a wasp crawling on your bed. Run out and slam the door. "Mum!" Oh crap, she's gone to the shop down the road. XD I actually have a fear of bees/wasps, spiders aren't that bad. A doctor who tardis/card storage thingy works wonders. R.I.P Nathan the spider (I was playing Uncharted 2 at the time). :L Well, spiders aren't that scary if they're not tarantulas or black widows etcetera etcetera. That particular one IS. :O So glad I don't live in America/have a garage. BTW sorry for the triple post. :/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crvI1SOPavA&feature=relmfu | 2011-05-09 22:40:00 Author: abyssalassassin  Posts: 717 |
| http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9481/1299612647186.jpg | 2011-05-09 23:11:00 Author: CyberSora Posts: 5551 |
| What the hell there were 2 spiders in my sink today (killed with kettle) and another in the bathroom (killed with shoe) THEY ARE EVERYWHERE I blame this thread. | 2011-05-09 23:38:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454 |
| Originally Posted by Sackgirlsrule Also, people say Spiders are cute harmless little things.. The Black Widow that can kill you in one bite if not rushed to the hospital Black Widow Spider facts: Warning: May contain scary content! The Brown Recluse that can cause... I better now say.. Brown Recluse Spider facts: Warning: May contain scary content! Sooo ... it can kill my computer when I click that image ? .... You're a silly one.. kill the computer?... I wish... | 2011-05-10 00:04:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Lmaooooo! FATALITY! Aynah Wins! (Mortal Kombat Voice) | 2011-05-10 00:46:00 Author: Special_D_ Posts: 57 |
| Well, I can remember some ways to get rid of spiders: 1. Fill your house with mouse traps. They are made for mice, but also work for bigger spiders; 2. Use dilluted acid. Just pour it over the spider and watch the corrosion take care of them; 3. Big sandal. A classic. Bigger sandals = Bigger scores! 4. Turrets. They do quick job of any spider, as well as other intruders. Spiders also can't knock them over; 5. Fire pit. Spider BBQ. 6. Atomic bomb. Although it won't kill roaches. 7. Hacking health stations. When a spider tries to use a hacked healing station, it will get poisoned by lethal gas; 8. Eletricity. Just soak the spiders and throw a toaster on them. The shock will kill it. In the event the shock doesn't kill it, the impact will. (I'm not responsible for injuries that may occur if you try any of the above methods.) | 2011-05-10 00:56:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891 |
| Haha! thats hilarious XD Thanks | 2011-05-10 01:06:00 Author: Special_D_ Posts: 57 |
| Personally, I don't mind spiders. For the people who are, I dare you to watch this video. It will make your skin crawl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDpsLPhYSg | 2011-05-10 01:17:00 Author: Mr_T-Shirt  Posts: 1477 |
| Well, I can remember some ways to get rid of spiders: 1. Fill your house with mouse traps. They are made for mice, but also work for bigger spiders; 2. Use dilluted acid. Just pour it over the spider and watch the corrosion take care of them; 3. Big sandal. A classic. Bigger sandals = Bigger scores! 4. Turrets. They do quick job of any spider, as well as other intruders. Spiders also can't knock them over; 5. Fire pit. Spider BBQ. 6. Atomic bomb. Although it won't kill roaches. 7. Hacking health stations. When a spider tries to use a hacked healing station, it will get poisoned by lethal gas; 8. Eletricity. Just soak the spiders and throw a toaster on them. The shock will kill it. In the event the shock doesn't kill it, the impact will. (I'm not responsible for injuries that may occur if you try any of the above methods.) http://pictures.funnyforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/kill-it-with-fire.jpg | 2011-05-10 02:23:00 Author: CyberSora Posts: 5551 |
| lol, In the picture follow the ground untill you see the black bump underneath the fire i think thats the spider :O | 2011-05-10 02:36:00 Author: Special_D_ Posts: 57 |
have mr spider meet ms newspaper, i bet he'll have a good time | 2011-05-10 03:12:00 Author: wait wtf  Posts: 853 |
| LBP1 goodness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJh6fr9TCDs | 2011-05-10 03:50:00 Author: Thegide  Posts: 1465 |
| OMG.. That video... I've seen a spider with babies on it's back... I yelled "MOM!! KILL IT WITH AMONIA!!!!!! AHHH!!!!!" (That worked too ) | 2011-05-10 22:36:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Just walked into the kitchen, turned around and screamed at a daddy long legs a few inches from my face. Great. :/ | 2011-05-10 22:53:00 Author: abyssalassassin Posts: 717 |
| I've heard that conkers are supposed to keep spiders away but I haven't tried it. Personally, I don't mind spiders. For the people who are, I dare you to watch this video. It will make your skin crawl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDpsLPhYSg After opening that spoiler and seeing the video's thumbnail HELL NO. Just walked into the kitchen, turned around and screamed at a daddy long legs a few inches from my face. Great. :/ False alarm. | 2011-05-11 00:48:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454 |
| I give you the Hawaiian "Happy Face" spider. http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf1waeGmn61qaznsdo1_500.jpg He lieks you | 2011-05-11 00:59:00 Author: Maxi  Posts: 1176 |
| Personally, I don't mind spiders. For the people who are, I dare you to watch this video. It will make your skin crawl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDpsLPhYSg Aww look at all those cute spideys! | 2011-05-11 01:02:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891 |
| I give you the Hawaiian "Happy Face" spider. http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf1waeGmn61qaznsdo1_500.jpg He lieks you That's pretty so it's ok, like garden spiders. If spiders were white and fluffy with bunny ears they'd be fine but evolution made them gross monstrosities for a reason so they must die. | 2011-05-11 01:10:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454 |
| Oh . . My . . God! I have very severe arachnophobia. Any spider larger than a centimeter or two just terrifies me. There have been multiple occasions where I would see one where I can't get it and I refused to take my eyes off it until I could kill it so I miss an entire night of sleep and have a broom and Febreeze nearby since Febreeze works when I don't have spray. And this may sound like an overexagerration but I am not kidding right now my closet door in the living room is taped up around the entire door and plastic bags stuffed under the bottom because a month ago I opened it and on the wall in the back where I couldn't reach was a spider about as long as from the center bend of my forefinger to the end of the finger and I wasn't going to sleep with that thing loose. So I looked up how long spiders can survive without food and their lifespan in general. Said a few months without food and lifespan was a year or longer. So I'm keeping the closet sealed off until a year from now. I hope there wasn't an opening somewhere in the closet as another way out. I scream and jump everytime one suddenly moves especially when I'm about to kill it. You'd think someone was murdered. As for wasps I've seen mentioned in this thread I am terrified of them too. My fears made even worse when I was a teen because when I went to bed one night there was a wasp in my window on the inside but it seemed trapped behind the blinds. We had troubles every warm weather season from wasps getting in upstairs somehow. I went to bed anyways with two thoughts. One was that it seemed trap, and two even if it did get out I heard they don't bother you if you don't bother them, but I always knew people saying that disregards the fact that you can still be bit by spiders and stung by things even when you aren't bothering them by the following way . . . so I went to bed and in the middle of the night I woke up a little but you know where you're still technically asleep and I lifted my arm to scratch my head and heard the buzz sounds of the wasp but thought it was still in window and was so much asleep I didn't care. After scratching my head I dropped my arm to my side and felt a needle shooting an intense burning pain through my hand and partly into my arm. I shot straight awake and jumped out of bed. I swear I never got out of bed so quick. I turned on the light and there was the wasp walking around on my bed and it seemed kind of stunned and walked funny after my arm ha fallen on it. I instantly killed it with something, but my goodness did it hurt. My palm was swollen red and my whole hand felt like fire. I give you the Hawaiian "Happy Face" spider. http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf1waeGmn61qaznsdo1_500.jpg He lieks you That spider is a con artist like kidnappers luring kids in with candy. It wants you to think it's a friendly spider and then as soon as you let your guard down . . . BAM!!!!! GOTCHA!!!!!! and drives off in its web. I find it odd that it's hiney is smiling at me. >> | 2011-05-11 01:37:00 Author: Hana_Kami  Posts: 393 |
| Oh . . My . . God! I have very severe arachnophobia. Any spider larger than a centimeter or two just terrifies me. There have been multiple occasions where I would see one where I can't get it and I refused to take my eyes off it until I could kill it so I miss an entire night of sleep and have a broom and Febreeze nearby since Febreeze works when I don't have spray. And this may sound like an overexagerration but I am not kidding right now my closet door in the living room is taped up around the entire door and plastic bags stuffed under the bottom because a month ago I opened it and on the wall in the back where I couldn't reach was a spider about as long as from the center bend of my forefinger to the end of the finger and I wasn't going to sleep with that thing loose. You aren't alone on that kind of thing. One of my friends at work went further and put up nets around their bed to keep spiders out, she says since she put them up she gets far better sleep than before that's how much they'd worry her. So I looked up how long spiders can survive without food and their lifespan in general. Said a few months without food and lifespan was a year or longer. So I'm keeping the closet sealed off until a year from now. I hope there wasn't an opening somewhere in the closet as another way out. I scream and jump everytime one suddenly moves especially when I'm about to kill it. You'd think someone was murdered. That's just the thing it'll probably find a way out. Can't you throw something at it? You could place white bedsheets or somethng in front of the closet so if it falls out because it's on the door when you open it you'll be able to easily see it if it tries to run. | 2011-05-11 01:54:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454 |
| That's just the thing it'll probably find a way out. Can't you throw something at it? You could place white bedsheets or somethng in front of the closet so if it falls out because it's on the door when you open it you'll be able to easily see it if it tries to run. No. I didn't throw anything at it for two reasons. One is that whatever I threw probably wouldn't kill it and it would drop off wall behind boxes out of sight. At most it would only daze the spider and I'm not going to throw something heavy at the wall to garunteed a crush and damage to wall since I am paying rent, not own. And two there wasn't anything I could throw anyways. And even if there was there spider may drop to boxes below where the object I threw is and I wouldn't be able to retrieve the object thrown, let alone known where the spider went and I'm not reaching my hand back to find out. Also there's no need for the bedsheet because once I open the closet in a year to year and a half it will be dead or gone. Besides it was too big to fit between the door and seal. But I taped it off anyways just in case since I know they can squeeze into spaces pretty good even if it appears they can't. It was big enough to be a really small wolf spider. At least it wasn't a brown recluse. I live in a region where brown recluses and black widows are common. Just like 8 months ago I killed a brown recluse in my room when I lived in the upstairs apartment. It almost got away crawling under the flap of a cardboard box. Gave me the chills since I've never been that close to a brown recluse and since it was just an inch or two from my hand when I noticed it. I suspected it to be a brown recluse for two reasons. One was because its behavior seemed docile rather than the quick moving spiders that move in quick bursts of speed showing lots of fear and two was because it had a violin shape on back. After killing it I checked internet to confirm it and it was. Terrifying moment. Had goosebumps the rest of the night and trouble sleeping even though it was dead just because the fact I had an encounter with a brown recluse had me uneasy. | 2011-05-11 02:41:00 Author: Hana_Kami Posts: 393 |
| spiders arent worse. Tics are even worse. they crawl on you. get attached to you, and start sucking out your blood. you need a crowbar to get them off. | 2011-05-11 02:47:00 Author: Cactii  Posts: 426 |
| I show it to the vacuum... | 2011-05-11 09:04:00 Author: Jakeamorris25  Posts: 72 |
| Love Spiders. I have one or two outside my window, which I just leave. I think the webs are sort of cool. As for indoor spiders, I usually just scoop 'em up in one of those... Catch-bugs-and-look-at-them-with-a-magnifying-glass toys I still have sitting about (Lost the lid, though.) and then empty it out on the window ledge. I can't drop Spiders onto the ground from the window - I'm in the 3rd storey of an appartment. Wouldn't mind having a Tarantula for a pet, that'd be hella' awesome. | 2011-05-11 16:43:00 Author: Ostler5000  Posts: 1017 |
| Just eat them... I do think this thread is haunted though as I just saw a spider walking around on my t-shirt ;L No I am not a tramp. | 2011-05-11 17:30:00 Author: MasterCreator  Posts: 464 |
| Eat them? (I am sick) Thats disgusting. | 2011-05-11 17:48:00 Author: craigmond Posts: 2426 |
| Eat them? (I am sick) Thats disgusting. If you are in doubt, they taste like chicken. | 2011-05-11 17:52:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891 |
| eat them! taste like chicken! lmaoo! | 2011-05-11 17:53:00 Author: Special_D_ Posts: 57 |
| Eww! Gross! People aren't supposed to eat other bugs... | 2011-05-12 00:45:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Eww! Gross! People aren't supposed to eat other bugs... I hate to break this to you but... The average person eats more or less than 4 spiders a day... http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-23997,00.html (That's just an answer to someone wondering if this was true, but it summed it up. There are plenty of credible sources that state in detail which spiders are swallowed...but hey, the good news is it's while you sleep and they're completely harmless!) | 2011-05-12 00:55:00 Author: WoodburyRaider  Posts: 1651 |
| Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Ajhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! !! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo!!!! Ahhhh! Ahh! Ah! ........ ....... .. . .. . .. . . . . . . *crys!* ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! You didn't have to break it to me! That's one of those things not worth breaking to me!! Ahhh!!! | 2011-05-12 01:00:00 Author: Unknown User |
| I walk into the kitchen slowly, shoe in hand. The spider turns around, surprised that I came back. It lunges into the air towards me, but I dodge just in time to let it fall onto the floor, where I get down on my hands and knees and bash it's hairy face in with said shoe. | 2011-05-12 15:06:00 Author: Tmjtk  Posts: 258 |
| first of all insects (if deep fried) taste rather nice 2nd of all, spiders are in my humble opinion the coolest creatures walking the earth. http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs47/f/2009/252/3/9/3902435c6ba288b507c1e7ae38fae3bc.jpg http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs21/f/2007/240/5/0/Stumbled_over_its_own_legs_by_cursed_soul.jpg And some spider images I made I wont do full screen due to ppl going aaargh. http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/258/d/e/ded8abb0cfdf4e0339bd9bb7215625e0.jpg http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs44/f/2009/113/0/8/08b3053a51f7c078eb46d3d7e91a77c3.jpg http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs44/f/2009/115/3/8/3814dacf66a21889a499b4c34ef37794.jpg http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs19/f/2007/238/5/b/Eyes_Of_the_****ed_by_cursed_soul.jpg http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/215/f/c/Returning_Nightmare_by_cursed_soul.jpg | 2011-05-12 15:23:00 Author: Luos_83  Posts: 2136 |
| Had to get a spider out last night with a cup, caught one it's leg by mistake, lawl I missed the first time and my mother did Mammy Two Shoes act from Tom and Jerry. | 2011-05-12 15:27:00 Author: LordMagicPants Posts: 187 |
| I caught a huntsman once, ket her in a big tupperware bowl and named her Jubjub. Here are some pictures of her: http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/theIronAngel/Jubjub7.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/theIronAngel/jubjub6.jpg Her humble abode: http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/theIronAngel/jubjubdeadly2.jpg Moths would be constantly attracted to the light outside our door, so every once in a while, according to her needs, I would nick a fat juicy one off the wall outside by the wings, humanely use scissors to gently remove one wing, and drop it in the bowl with her. It was very fascinating, the kills were almost instant. You would just see jubjub poke her head out of the tube and dart over to the moth. In a split second, the moth was in a death embrace. I have a couple pictures of that too but I fear that might be a little TOO much for some people on this board... ANyway after about a month I figured she had had enough of her vacation with free food and safety from predators and wanted to get down to business with some lucky male Huntsman spiders before fall rolled around, so I released her back into the woods. Fun facts about spiders, along with a few debunks: Spiders have a very limited amount of venom, and the ingredients are tough to procure. Therefore, venom is a valuable resource for them, and they will only bite if you really aggravate them. The only exception is the Brown Recluse, which is actually territorial and will bite you for being in its territory. Nasty, nasty, nasty. Said brown recluse is also called the violin spider because its cehpalathorax (Head part) has a design on it shaped like a violin. Usually. This is not a reliable way to identify one. A more accurate way to spot one is the fact that its the only woodland spider with no markings on its abdomen- Its a flat beige or light brown, with no decorations or anything. A black widow's bite is NOT fatal. It can make you ill, but an adult or even an adolescent human has sufficient bodily mass to pass the poison out of their bodies before it does any real harm. Black Widows are only fatal to infants or very young children. And, like other spiders, they only bite if seriously aggravated. Unfortunately, toddlers tend to be more curious than intelligent... If you are a humane disposer, aka, rather than killing the spider, you scoop it up and release it back outside, try not to harm the spider, but in the event you DO manage to cripple or remove a leg, it can actually grow a new one relatively quickly. A younger spider will grow one back much faster than an adult however. You can tell the gender of a spider by looking at its pedipalps (The things next to its mouth that look like very tiny legs). If each segment is the same width around, it is a female. If the ends are shaped like giant balls bulbs, it is a male. This is useful for identifying spiders that are roughly the same size across genders, or for spiders you arent sure of the size of either way. Not all female spiders eat their mates after mating. In fact, its not usually that common at all. Most of the time, the male simply leaves, but he may even hang around. This is especially common in web-spinning spiders where two spiders sharing a habitat can be mutually beneficial- Thats an extra helper to defend eggs from attackers, or an extra par of jaws to help subdue especially nasty things that get caught in the web like wasps, which can kill a spider. Most hunting spiders part ways after mating however as theres no real benefit to hunting as a pair. | 2011-05-12 18:43:00 Author: the Ion Pulsar  Posts: 172 |
| Eat them? (I am sick) Thats disgusting. Actually 2 days ago when I was outside a spider (IDK how) came into my mouth. I could feel it climbing deep in my mouth, it was too far in so I couldn't reach it with my hands or spit it out. So yup, you can guess it, the only thing I could do was to swallow it. It tickled a lot in my throat. I hope it's dead now, I don't want a spider living inside me. D: So kids, don't go outside! | 2011-05-12 18:49:00 Author: Alec  Posts: 3871 |
| Actually 2 days ago when I was outside a spider (IDK how) came into my mouth. I could feel it climbing deep in my mouth, it was too far in so I couldn't reach it with my hands or spit it out. So yup, you can guess it, the only thing I could do was to swallow it. It tickled a lot in my throat. I hope it's dead now, I don't want a spider living inside me. D: So kids, don't go outside! Don't worry, the venom is only effective if it gets inside your... Oh wait... | 2011-05-12 19:11:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891 |
| Actually 2 days ago when I was outside a spider (IDK how) came into my mouth. I could feel it climbing deep in my mouth, it was too far in so I couldn't reach it with my hands or spit it out. So yup, you can guess it, the only thing I could do was to swallow it. It tickled a lot in my throat. I hope it's dead now, I don't want a spider living inside me. D: So kids, don't go outside! O: It's gonna live in your stomach, and make a little spider village. Said village will develop into a civilization. They will elect a corrupt leader who will lead an attack on your esophagus. (Skip forward) All is well! and now they will create flying machines! and will migrate out of your stomach via........ hole. They'll settle outside and eventually develop into a new breed of giganto-spiders. :kz: | 2011-05-12 20:21:00 Author: Maxi Posts: 1176 |
| Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Ajhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! !! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo!!!! Ahhhh! Ahh! Ah! ........ ....... .. . .. . .. . . . . . . *crys!* ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! You didn't have to break it to me! That's one of those things not worth breaking to me!! Ahhh!!! I even added a spoiler! Maybe it should've had a warning as well.... | 2011-05-12 21:38:00 Author: WoodburyRaider Posts: 1651 |
| The average person eats more or less than 4 spiders a day... http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-23997,00.html (That's just an answer to someone wondering if this was true, but it summed it up. There are plenty of credible sources that state in detail which spiders are swallowed...but hey, the good news is it's while you sleep and they're completely harmless!) Ehhhhh I believe you got your unit wrong. It's 4 spiders per year not per day. Supposedly. | 2011-05-12 22:06:00 Author: Maxi Posts: 1176 |
| Ehhhhh I believe you got your unit wrong. It's 4 spiders per year not per day. Supposedly. That makes me feel better. (No sarcasm...well maybe a little) Although it has never been studied in depth, this has never been debunked as simply a myth. I did a little more searching and found out that it is more likely that many per year, however, it is also just as likely to be numbers as high as 60 per year. It's interesting, disgusting, and kind of creepy. | 2011-05-12 22:31:00 Author: WoodburyRaider Posts: 1651 |
| WTF! 1,2,3...7 thanks Alec, gdn001, LordMagicPants, moonwire, nysudyrgh, Sackgirlsrule, Special_D_ I'm really scared by pigeons ?______?" | 2011-05-12 22:31:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112 |
| I'm really scared by pigeons ?______?" I think that pigeons are cute, until they poop. There are lots of pigeons at my school, and I always wanted to catch one to get the "Worth More" trophy. | 2011-05-12 22:37:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891 |
| That makes me feel better. (No sarcasm...well maybe a little) Although it has never been studied in depth, this has never been debunked as simply a myth. I did a little more searching and found out that it is more likely that many per year, however, it is also just as likely to be numbers as high as 60 per year. It's interesting, disgusting, and kind of creepy. Now one of the rules you should know... A learning Reporter never lets any info sit there without my curiousity dial going up to 11! I had to look at it... Now..*RUNS OFF SCREAMING "MOM!!!!!!!"*  | 2011-05-12 23:10:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Percentage of all Modern Spiders that could kill a human, 1/20 of a percent. Percentage of all Modern Humans that could kill a spider, 100% WE'RE THE REAL MONSTERS! | 2011-05-13 07:08:00 Author: Kern Posts: 5078 |
| I think that pigeons are cute, until they poop. There are lots of pigeons at my school, and I always wanted to catch one to get the "Worth More" trophy. I fear them because they're dirty, and most of all they're stupid? Do you see crows, ravens, robins splatted on the roads, ran over by the cars? It's because they're stupid and don't move and they only gloo-gloo-gloo and eat crap and spread virus. I fear stupid things...pigeons are on top of the list. | 2011-05-13 16:25:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112 |
| haha. omega i read somewere that pigions only see in split second frames or somthing like choppy vision thats why when you see a pigeon on the road and a car drives towards it it fly at the very last second because the sight lags so i guess the faster the car the more likely it will get ran over but i agree they carry virus some people call them rats with wings lool | 2011-05-13 16:39:00 Author: Special_D_ Posts: 57 |
| I'm really scared by pigeons ?______?" Me too. When I was around the age of 4 I took a plastic shovel and my friend took a plastic bucket. Together with some other kids we threw them at a pigeon we found in the woods. It died. ;_; Then like 2 years later I tried to shoot two pigeons that sat in a tree with my grandpa's airgun. Okay I should really get out of this thread. Me + nature = No good. | 2011-05-13 16:45:00 Author: Alec Posts: 3871 |
| haha. omega i read somewere that pigions only see in split second frames or somthing like choppy vision thats why when you see a pigeon on the road and a car drives towards it it fly at the very last minute because the sight lags so i guess the faster the car the more likely it will get ran over but i agree they carry virus some people call them rats with wings lool Their sight doesn't lag, they see faster than us which is why cinema would appear to be a slideshow, so the world around them is slower because they percieve it as slower, if they don't see the car then they'd get run over. | 2011-05-13 17:45:00 Author: Kern Posts: 5078 |
| first of all insects (if deep fried) taste rather nice 2nd of all, spiders are in my humble opinion the coolest creatures walking the earth. http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs47/f/2009/252/3/9/3902435c6ba288b507c1e7ae38fae3bc.jpg http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs21/f/2007/240/5/0/Stumbled_over_its_own_legs_by_cursed_soul.jpg First of all, spiders are arachnids, not insects. Second of all, fantastic photos! Actually 2 days ago when I was outside a spider (IDK how) came into my mouth. I could feel it climbing deep in my mouth, it was too far in so I couldn't reach it with my hands or spit it out. So yup, you can guess it, the only thing I could do was to swallow it. It tickled a lot in my throat. I hope it's dead now, I don't want a spider living inside me. D: This reminds me of the nursery rhyme: "There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly". Except you're not an old lady. There was an old lady who swallowed a fly I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a spider, That wriggled and wiggled and tiggled inside her; She swallowed the spider to catch the fly; I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a bird; How absurd to swallow a bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly; I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a cat; Fancy that to swallow a cat! She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly; I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady that swallowed a dog; What a hog, to swallow a dog; She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly; I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a cow, I don't know how she swallowed a cow; She swallowed the cow to catch the dog, She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly; I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a horse... She's dead, of course! haha. omega i read somewere that pigions only see in split second frames or somthing like choppy vision thats why when you see a pigeon on the road and a car drives towards it it fly at the very last minute because the sight lags so i guess the faster the car the more likely it will get ran over but i agree they carry virus some people call them rats with wings lool I think it's all to do with energy. Flying is very costly for the pigeon so they'll only fly if it's absolutely necessary. That's why they mostly walk away from danger. | 2011-05-13 18:42:00 Author: Rhys125 Posts: 841 |
| Their sight doesn't lag, they see faster than us which is why cinema would appear to be a slideshow, so the world around them is slower because they percieve it as slower, if they don't see the car then they'd get run over. After doing some research i agree buddy they see 250fps where we only see 25fps so if a pigeon watched a film it would look like a slideshow it would have to be at least 75fps to get the video illusion. so yes a pigon would perceive the car coming slowler but with alot more detail then the human eye would see, so thats why it flys at the last second. Unfortunately they dont see faster then us in real time only capture more fps "frames per second" with or without motion blur am unsure. Hi 5 to the pegions! i wonder if they can see bullets travelling? | 2011-05-13 19:28:00 Author: Special_D_ Posts: 57 |
| Once I was in Saint Peter square... the place is totally flooded with pigeons... http://www.arcobalenoitalianlanguage.com/allegati/immagini/Turismo%20scolastico/lazio/piazza%20san%20pietro%20fedeli.jpg wrong pic...http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cue58eylsos/SCrgo9KdsSI/AAAAAAAAAo4/ecZxvq0LQso/s320/piccione.jpg oh...again...sorry, can't find a pic, so believe me well, a stupid kid decided to run after a HUUUUUUGE storm of pigeons on the floor, and they took off and flied towards me at chest height. I dived on the soil and stayed there bear skin like for like half a minute... All the people laughed at meh!!! FUUUUU!!! http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4IAzFkV6dDY/STGYchNaAqI/AAAAAAAABco/VULkxc9cMx4/s400/Piccioni-bastardidentro.jpg (Did we really need to save the pigeons?) | 2011-05-13 19:46:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112 |
| I remember once I was walking down the high street and a pigeon flew into the glass pane of a shop window and somehow got stuck behind it. The shop had to close for half an hour to get it out. I lol'd. | 2011-05-13 23:10:00 Author: abyssalassassin Posts: 717 |
| Lol, I actually like birds But pigions have scary eyes | 2011-05-14 00:02:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Lol, I actually like birds But pigions have scary eyes They are like: WAT??? all the time. | 2011-05-14 00:09:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891 |
| Fun fact. Ticks will attach themselves to a spider and eat away at it for a long time while the spider goes about its business. D: I feel bad for both spider and tick. Spider: obvious. Tick: Stuck with spider meat for a month. | 2011-05-14 00:17:00 Author: Maxi Posts: 1176 |
| how did u end up talking about pigions lmao! you guys are funny make me lool thanks! | 2011-05-14 00:30:00 Author: Special_D_ Posts: 57 |
| Pigeon vs. Spider Deathmatch? But the pigeons need handicaps of course. I'll use those giganto-spiders that came from Alec. | 2011-05-14 00:34:00 Author: Maxi Posts: 1176 |
| In my opinion spiders are the most disgusting ugly nasty and ewwwww creatures on the planet earth. They could die tomorrow and I would be an extremely happy person, and don't go and say "THEY KEEL ZEE DEEZGUZTING BUGS DAT LEEV IN YUR HAUS!!!" Because I know they do -.- and I DON'T CARE. I'm arachnaphobic btw... | 2011-05-14 00:53:00 Author: Amigps  Posts: 564 |
| Research using spider venom has yielded several chemicals that may be useful to control or treat diseases in humans | 2011-05-14 01:38:00 Author: Maxi Posts: 1176 |
| I don't see why people think spiders are ugly, just look at some people on this Earth... I find them to be very interesting, I mean, eight legs, that has to be useful. And they make webs that are very strong, and the pattern is pretty too. There was a spider that lived in my bathroom once, I called him Fred, he never bit me or anything, but he's been gone for ages Oh yeah, and Spiderman. | 2011-05-14 06:31:00 Author: JamesDNaux  Posts: 757 |
| Lol, yeah but, Spiders have killed thousands of people and animals before, some Spiders have pretty shapes and stuff, but not all of them are non-lethal | 2011-05-14 06:35:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Lol, yeah but, Spiders have killed thousands of people and animals before, some Spiders have pretty shapes and stuff, but not all of them are non-lethal Yeah, and bears maul people, so do gators. People also kill thousands of people, and animals too. True story. You can't blame one creature for nature. | 2011-05-14 06:38:00 Author: JamesDNaux Posts: 757 |
| Yes, good point... But you also shouldn't admire an animal that kills people. Same as a person that kills a person. I'm not saying you should kill the person/animal for revenge, but they shouldn't do it in the first place. I think that they should let an animal back into the wild, away from humanity. | 2011-05-14 06:49:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Yes, good point... But you also shouldn't admire an animal that kills people. Same as a person that kills a person. I'm not saying you should kill the person/animal for revenge, but they shouldn't do it in the first place. I think that they should let an animal back into the wild, away from humanity. But what about Humans, who regurlarly kill Animals, not just for food, but for sport, and we have the audacity to say spiders are killers? Percentage of all Modern Spiders that could kill a human, 1/20 of a percent. Percentage of all Modern Humans that could kill a spider, 100% WE'RE THE REAL MONSTERS! | 2011-05-14 08:30:00 Author: Kern Posts: 5078 |
| I don't admire nor support those who kill animals for sport, I think they're wrong in every way, because animals should not be killed just for amusement, they're living nature. I guess when you fight fire with fire, all you get is a bigger fire. People kill animals for sport, and some, and I quote: Some animals kill people. It's like a Nature/Humanity war, and I support different sides of them. People shouldn't kill animals for and in ANY reason, because they're living Nature, just like us, just can't talk And people have been killed by animals too. | 2011-05-14 13:47:00 Author: Unknown User |
| But there is a fatal flaw in your argument: When a human kills an animal: Voluntary predator activity in the case of killing for food. Acceptable. Voluntary killing in the name of fun. Unacceptable. Voluntary response based on ignorant fear. Questionable. When a spider kills a human: Self defense, defense of one's home, or fear. Acceptable. Why is it acceptable for a spider to retaliate out of fear? Because a human's body mass is more than ten thousand times that of the ordinary spider. Thats like the jolly green giant walking up and kicking your house over, so you unload a twelve gauge into his foot. So to recap: Unless you are eating the spider after you kill it, your actions are questionable at best. If you **** with a spider enough that it bites you, and it just so happened to be one of the whopping twelve species lethal to a human adult, well, here's your Darwin Award. There is a whopping ONE speices of spider that will behave aggressively towards humans, so unless you are dealing with the one speices, it is ALWAYS the human who strikes first, out of aggression, not self-defense. | 2011-05-16 03:53:00 Author: the Ion Pulsar Posts: 172 |
| When a human kills an animal: Voluntary predator activity in the case of killing for food. Acceptable. Voluntary killing in the name of fun. Unacceptable. Voluntary response based on ignorant fear. Questionable. Yes, that, I agree with, the last fact.. Isn't questionable though.. When a spider kills a human: Self defense, defense of one's home, or fear. Acceptable. Why is it acceptable for a spider to retaliate out of fear? Because a human's body mass is more than ten thousand times that of the ordinary spider. Thats like the jolly green giant walking up and kicking your house over, so you unload a twelve gauge into his foot. Well, not always self-defense, it's sometimes out of aggression when a spider kills a human. So to recap: Unless you are eating the spider after you kill it, your actions are questionable at best. If you ____ with a spider enough that it bites you, and it just so happened to be one of the whopping twelve species lethal to a human adult, well, here's your Darwin Award. There is a whopping ONE speices of spider that will behave aggressively towards humans, so unless you are dealing with the one speices, it is ALWAYS the human who strikes first, out of aggression, not self-defense. We strike first out of self-defense, because when you see a scary spider with fangs, after you've read about what all they can do, would you want to just pass by the spider, or touch it? Nope, so it's basically self-defense. I don't think anyone else would want to practically have a tea party with a brown recluse | 2011-05-17 07:32:00 Author: Unknown User |
| I don't think anyone else would want to practically have a tea party with a brown recluse Or let it wander around your home, for the sake of the argument. It's protecting your home from these creatures, so they don't multiply and infest your house. | 2011-05-17 17:52:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891 |
| Yeah, except they multiply into more creatures, which wander around your home to bite you, then have to go to the hospital. (I don't mean to start a wild fire arguement here though..; Just speaking my word) | 2011-05-18 01:24:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Brown recluse is the one species of spider that is both agressive and deadly, but the bite is only deadly if left untreated for an extensive period of time, usually days. Killing these is just fine, because they view the area of their hunting grounds as their territory- They are unique among american spiders in that, unlike other spiders, they are territorial towards animals other than spiders. This includes humans. Most spiders are territorial only towards other spiders, and then its only the small space that their web or hunting ground encompasses. Infestation is a term used to describe an overpopulation of pests or dangerous creatures. Most spiders are neither. At worst, they will leave a cobweb. This is easily rectified with the use of a duster. As for dangerous, this has already been covered- There are only twelve species of spider deadly to an adult human, and only one of those twelve live in North America. The others are found in South America, Central Europe, and Australia. That one is, you guessed it, the brown recluse, whose bite is only deadly if left untreated for days. I am not saying dont kill a brown recluse because its only kind of deadly. Quite the opposite in fact- Kill them if you see them. Thats why I gave those helpful identification tips for them. Other spiders are far from pests. Wolf spiders inside your house will eat insectoid pests like cockroaches or weevils, and if there arent any prey species inside your house (Almost all of which are pests) they will leave on their own after a couple days. Web building spiders outside your house will eat horseflies, mosquitoes, and wasps and bees. Without that big ugly spider crouching under your rain gutter, which will mind its own business and not bother you in the slightest since a spider with a web built will rarely venture beyond its boundaries, a wasp might find that same spot, see no predators, and decide its a good spot to hide a nest. Suddenly you're alking outside and getting swarmed by wasps because they built a nest and bred, and are now defending their nest. So, I have to choose between a spider that is completely apathetic to my presence and a swarm of angry wasps? Spider please. If I see a big spider in my house, I susually either leave it alone or gently coax it back under the sink or something so no one else kills it. Spiders prevent roach infestations- Where a spider simply looks creepy and will bite you if you mess with it, roaches eat food, spread diseases, and just generally make huge nuisances of themselves. They also eat termites, which can actually destroy your house. Termites and cockroaches, or a wolf spider under my boiler that will ignore me if I ignore it? Spider please. Spiders are a huge boon and in some countries its actually considered bad luck to kill a spider, because they're so useful for preventing or killing infestations of far worse creatures. Does a spider bite hurt? Yes, and thats about all it does. If you rush to the hospital over a wolf spider bite, they're going to put some neosporin and a bandaid on it and send you home. The only spiders that you have to worry about are the black widow, which is comparatively rare and is only dangerous to small children- Adults will just get sick for a day or so while your body filters it out, and the Brown Recluse, which you actually SHOULD go to a hospital over because the toxin doesnt filter out of your bloodstream and will keep killing tissue until you get it treated. Everything else is pretty much harmless. I realize I'm throwin around some numbers here with no real perspective, so let me add perspective here. Number of spiders that are aggressive towards humans: 1 Number of spiders that are deadly to a human adult: 12 Number of spider species total: over 37000 So to recap: Percentage of spiders that are aggressive towards humans: 0.0023% Perventage of spiders that are deadly to a human adult: 0.036% Not even a tenth of a percent of spider species are deadly towards an adult human, simply because spider venom is 1: Not potent enough, and 2: Because spiders can deliver a "controlled dose", during defensive bites. When biting defensively, they release only a tiny amount of poison, meant only to inflict pain amd discourage further investigation of the creature. | 2011-05-18 02:03:00 Author: the Ion Pulsar Posts: 172 |
| God I hate spiders. I have a serious fear of them. I'm almost 20 years old and every single time I see a spider I make it my mission to kill it. Yes, kill it. I had a spider on my ceiling once, I tried to kill it with a napkin and it fell behind my computer. I didn't want to grab it so I waited... and waited... and waited for it to come out so I could kill it. Just reading all 8 of these pages has caused me paranoia. I'm scratching myself all over this very second because I feel like they're on me. Gahh. I made this as a tribute. http://i53.tinypic.com/wso7tf.jpg | 2011-05-18 07:00:00 Author: Whalio Cappuccino  Posts: 5250 |
| Why is it any discussion of spiders always circles around to "Black Widow/Brown Recluse are deadly. Because these two spiders are dangerous, we should kill all the others spiders too." No matter how far logic and reason attempt to steer the conversation away from the head-on collision with the stupidmobile, it always happens, over and over. I suppose its true, ignorance breeds fear. | 2011-05-18 07:17:00 Author: the Ion Pulsar Posts: 172 |
| You seem to think people kill spiders simply because they fear they're dangerous. I just kill spiders because they're ugly. I'd kill you too if you were as ugly as them. | 2011-05-18 07:20:00 Author: Whalio Cappuccino Posts: 5250 |
| About 15 or so years ago my back yard was full of funnel webs and red back spiders, how's that for place play! Once some grass started growing they began to disappear (with a little help from petrol and matches) They're all gone now, but it wouldn't surprise me if one came back. Obligatory picture... http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/83384005_c867f238df.jpg EDIT: I actually like spiders btw, Huntsmen are awesome spiders. | 2011-05-18 07:30:00 Author: SR20DETDOG  Posts: 2431 |
| Brown recluse is the one species of spider that is both agressive and deadly, but the bite is only deadly if left untreated for an extensive period of time, usually days. Killing these is just fine, because they view the area of their hunting grounds as their territory- They are unique among american spiders in that, unlike other spiders, they are territorial towards animals other than spiders. This includes humans. Most spiders are territorial only towards other spiders, and then its only the small space that their web or hunting ground encompasses. Infestation is a term used to describe an overpopulation of pests or dangerous creatures. Most spiders are neither. At worst, they will leave a cobweb. This is easily rectified with the use of a duster. As for dangerous, this has already been covered- There are only twelve species of spider deadly to an adult human, and only one of those twelve live in North America. The others are found in South America, Central Europe, and Australia. That one is, you guessed it, the brown recluse, whose bite is only deadly if left untreated for days. I am not saying dont kill a brown recluse because its only kind of deadly. Quite the opposite in fact- Kill them if you see them. Thats why I gave those helpful identification tips for them. Other spiders are far from pests. Wolf spiders inside your house will eat insectoid pests like cockroaches or weevils, and if there arent any prey species inside your house (Almost all of which are pests) they will leave on their own after a couple days. Web building spiders outside your house will eat horseflies, mosquitoes, and wasps and bees. Without that big ugly spider crouching under your rain gutter, which will mind its own business and not bother you in the slightest since a spider with a web built will rarely venture beyond its boundaries, a wasp might find that same spot, see no predators, and decide its a good spot to hide a nest. Suddenly you're alking outside and getting swarmed by wasps because they built a nest and bred, and are now defending their nest. So, I have to choose between a spider that is completely apathetic to my presence and a swarm of angry wasps? Spider please. If I see a big spider in my house, I susually either leave it alone or gently coax it back under the sink or something so no one else kills it. Spiders prevent roach infestations- Where a spider simply looks creepy and will bite you if you mess with it, roaches eat food, spread diseases, and just generally make huge nuisances of themselves. They also eat termites, which can actually destroy your house. Termites and cockroaches, or a wolf spider under my boiler that will ignore me if I ignore it? Spider please. Spiders are a huge boon and in some countries its actually considered bad luck to kill a spider, because they're so useful for preventing or killing infestations of far worse creatures. Does a spider bite hurt? Yes, and thats about all it does. If you rush to the hospital over a wolf spider bite, they're going to put some neosporin and a bandaid on it and send you home. The only spiders that you have to worry about are the black widow, which is comparatively rare and is only dangerous to small children- Adults will just get sick for a day or so while your body filters it out, and the Brown Recluse, which you actually SHOULD go to a hospital over because the toxin doesnt filter out of your bloodstream and will keep killing tissue until you get it treated. Everything else is pretty much harmless. I realize I'm throwin around some numbers here with no real perspective, so let me add perspective here. Number of spiders that are aggressive towards humans: 1 Number of spiders that are deadly to a human adult: 12 Number of spider species total: over 37000 So to recap: Percentage of spiders that are aggressive towards humans: 0.0023% Perventage of spiders that are deadly to a human adult: 0.036% Not even a tenth of a percent of spider species are deadly towards an adult human, simply because spider venom is 1: Not potent enough, and 2: Because spiders can deliver a "controlled dose", during defensive bites. When biting defensively, they release only a tiny amount of poison, meant only to inflict pain amd discourage further investigation of the creature. Okay, but if you see a huge spider, would you wanna pick and up and say "moo moo" and hug it? Nope. Just because they aren't deadly, any spider you touch, or accidently step on with your bare feet, will bite, and if you leave it in the house, it will multiply into 3,000 Spiders, and tell me out of those 3,000 baby spiders, you won't get bit without having to kill one? Spiders lay eggs within a silken egg sac that is often ball-shaped and either hidden in the web or carried by the female. Spiders may produce several egg sacs, each containing several hundred eggs. One female may produce as many as 3,000 eggs in a series of several sacs over a period of time. Eggs may hatch a few weeks later (three weeks or the following spring) and reach adulthood in one year. For a spider to grow, it must shed its skin (molt) usually four to twelve times before maturity. Most spiders live either one to two seasons. Some spiders may overwinter as eggs, spiderlings in the egg sac, immature spiders living outside the egg sac, or as adults. Now, I'm all for doing the best you can to save insects/animals; When I see a homeless dog/cat/anything, I pet it, and I give it food, and if I can convince my mom, I bring the animal in whenever it's really cold, or storming, or really hot. Also, when a Butterfly/Moth/Cricket/Any insect that don't bite, I always open the door to let it free before my mom stomps on it As a matter of fact, right now, I'm convincing my mom to let me take care of a kitten and the mama cat till the kitten gets older I love nature. I'm against killing animals for sport, and I've wanted to become a vegiterian for awhile now, I hate the thought of... An animal dying for a meal I'm eating... Complete and total subject change, but like say, a dog attack; Many adoption agencies test for aggressive behavior in dogs, and euthanize an animal that shows certain types of aggression. Alternatively, aggression can often be addressed with appropriate corrective training. Sources of aggression include: Fear and self-defense. Like humans, dogs react when fearful, and may feel driven to attack out of self defense, even when not in fact being "attacked". Speed of movement, noises, objects or specific gestures such as raising an arm or standing up may elicit a reaction. Many rescued dogs have been abused, and in some dogs, specific fears of men, women, skin coloring, and other features that recall past abusers, are not uncommon. A dog that feels cornered or without recourse may attack the human who is threatening or attacking it. A dog may also perceive a hand reached out toward its head as an attempt to gain control of the dog's neck via the collar, which if done to a wary dog by a stranger can easily provoke a bite. Now, as for my point, if you see a big dog that looks mean, would you wanna go look at it and pet it? No, you would just keep at your business, but a spider however, you can't keep walking and mind your business, it will eventually come back later/Lay Egg Sacks somewhere and multiply into an average 3,000 spiders. And that, you can avoid, just kill the spider. It's a matter of kill or be bit; And in self-defense, you wouldn't say: "I surrender! Bite me spider!" Am I right? I don't mean to start wildfires with our little "Point proving" game though, so no personal offence aimed at anyone I just like to point out my point of view in things | 2011-05-18 13:55:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Personally, I'm fine with spiders as long as they're the miniscule normal sized ones you see throughout your house. But THIS video, scared the living daylights out of me lol. If I saw a spider like this one I'd freak out for sure lol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRV4d9LCawU&feature=related The bugs that I am TERRIFIED of (and I mean like, actually have a phobia of) are bees (and wasps/hornets/anything similar). I just can't stand knowing that they can fly and you can't really predict where they're going to go, I mean they fly, they could go anywhere! PLUS they sting you...and just....ugh. I hate them You seem to think people kill spiders simply because they fear they're dangerous. I just kill spiders because they're ugly. I'd kill you too if you were as ugly as them. Ugly and gross. Omg eww. What is that :| That would pretty much be my worst nightmare ever -.- Join the club I actually get panic attacks if they are around me sometimes in the summer..Is that Chewbacca or a spider? | 2011-05-18 14:42:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Whenever I see a spider on my belongings, I'm like this: http://funnydaze.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/big-scar-spider-sitting-on-roll-of-toilet-paper.jpg And whenever I'm on the Lap-Top, I'm always scared it's watching me.... http://www.lolpix.com/_pics/Funny_Pictures_208/Funny_Pictures_20817.jpg And this was what I was like when I see a huge spider, and I was trying to tell my mom about it, and I was mumbling and screaming and she was like "What! What?" http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/funny-pictures-cat-saw-a-really-big-spider.jpg | 2011-05-18 15:06:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Do you know what's scary? this! (http://www.100ambiente.it/uploads/pigeon1.jpg) Madness keeps reaping victims...other 2 thanks... Alec, gdn001, ilovelilbigplanet, LordMagicPants, moonwire, nysudyrgh, Sackgirlsrule, Special_D_, The age of LOLZ Starting to be scared by you people | 2011-05-18 19:19:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112 |
| Redback spiders, aka Australian black widows. Nasty stuff, glad you got that cleared out. Am I saying that we should coo and coddle spiders? No, in fact I said messing with a spider is dangerous and will get you bitten. The problem here is you are making a mistake that many who dont study animal behavior make- Anthropisation. You are giving a wild animal human characteristics, which many people do. You give them traits of aggression and intelligent seeking of violence. A general tip to help junior animal behaviorists is this: Animals dont want to be our friends or our enemies. They are concerned only with the following things: -Obtaining food -Avoiding predators -Reproduction -Maintaining territory -Being left alone to do the previous acts unbothered Now some animals like mountain lions or tigers, well, attacks by these animals are for food. Its just unfortunate for us we sit perfectly in the size range of prey animals for predators that size. Bears attacking a human are almost always defending territory from another potential predator seeking to use the area's resources. I'm not saying hug the spider. The spider doesnt want to be your friend. The spider is also not actively seeking to kill you either like some moustached cartoon villain. The spider wants to be left alone and will generally ignore your presence as long as you ignore it. We're too large to be considered predatory for the spider, and we're also too large to be considered prey. In the unique exception of the territorial brown recluse, spiders generally dont care that theres a human right there. They may run if you get too close but thats just erring on the side of caution. Thats why if you sit still and just watch, a spider spinning a web will go about its business while you watch it from just a few feet away, instead of running and hiding. Spiders are generally indifferent to humans. As for the spider with thousands of eggs. In web spinning species, the baby spiders fly away on silk strands called gossammer, to be scattered abroad by the winds. A concentration of spiders in one place results in mass starvation since spiders are purely predatory and eat only liive prey. SImilarly, for hunting spiders that spend their lives ont he move, once the babies get big enough to fend for themselves, which isnt very big at all, they climb off the mother, wander off, and forge their own existence away from the territory of the parent. In addition, though thousands of babies are born, almost all of them will be eaten by birds or other predators before reaching maturity. They arent just going to camp out in your house, and if you see huge amounts of spiders in your house its a symptom of a larger problem. You need to get an exterminator to check for termites, ants, weevils, roaches, or other species that are actually harmful to people by spreading disease or spoiling food. Spiders are predatory as I said, and only eat live prey, so if there is no prey in your house any spider you found likely made its way inside in a regular hunt that encompasses far more territory than your house, so it will likely leave on its own after a little while. Unless the spider is genuinely dangerous, which you can see what species of dangerous spiders live in your area by calling any local wildlife center, its actually advantageous to let it live. Spiders like to stay hidden so they generally wont run across floors. They do sometimes though, so all you really need to do is coax it back under somtheing with a pen. Its not going to rush up the pen and bite you, it will likely skitter off back under the cupboard. | 2011-05-18 20:24:00 Author: the Ion Pulsar Posts: 172 |
| Well, your mind will always change if you have a baby or small child at home that doesn't understand the nature of spiders and have that natural curiosity. Do you prefer to keep the spider alive and leave your child at risk or kill it to protect your children? | 2011-05-18 20:30:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891 |
| Thats a different story. If you have babies or children, like I said, they tend to be more curious than clever. While most spiders still arent dangerous to children, well, we all do what we have to do to protect our young. Wrong place, wrong time, spider. | 2011-05-18 21:06:00 Author: the Ion Pulsar Posts: 172 |
| Also, a spider bit my Chihuahua and almost killed her. My Chihuahua had an allergic reaction to the bite, was having a reaction, what does that mean to you? That's another reason I hate spiders. A stray cat ate a spider and got sick, never seen her again (bing!) The only reason the Chihuahua was okay is calling the Vet to get her help. Moo mooo spider! | 2011-05-19 00:08:00 Author: Unknown User |
| And remember that humans have instincts too. When you see something that might be dangerous, the instincts either tell to avoid it or kill it. And unless you're a spider specialist, you don't want to take the time to identify the spider before doing it. | 2011-05-19 00:12:00 Author: gdn001 Posts: 5891 |
| There you go You just proved my point and yours right! Nice work! | 2011-05-19 00:29:00 Author: Unknown User |
| http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zRrzzv4jm_4/TVSgXuIM5hI/AAAAAAAAAK8/PHxg3ostPi8/s1600/Sad+Spider+Far.jpg Awww, he's fuzzy. | 2011-05-20 23:26:00 Author: Maxi Posts: 1176 |
| Aww! Lol, he is fuzzy! The only cute spider ever! | 2011-05-20 23:28:00 Author: Unknown User |
| I'm defending them on this thread, but if I see one in my house I'm locked on for kill-on-sight. Such a hypocrite. | 2011-05-21 02:22:00 Author: Maxi Posts: 1176 |
| I have to finally agree. Nature IS scary sometimes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvZ0xNVnc1Y&feature=related | 2011-05-22 03:52:00 Author: Outlaw-Jack  Posts: 5757 |
| O: Maybe we should merge into a mega-thread? "Dang nature you scary! (Everything)" Including everything, because there is soooo much scary nature.  | 2011-05-22 04:28:00 Author: Maxi Posts: 1176 |
| Yes, that's so true Maxi Nature is beautiful, plants and animals... Except for some... :kz: | 2011-05-22 11:32:00 Author: Unknown User |
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