Spiders and I

~~Lord Larehip~~ · 10-20-2014, 06:34 PM

Go to India instead:

Giant Swarming Spiders Attack Villages in Northern India, Leaving Two Dead - YouTube

~~Lord Larehip~~ · 10-20-2014, 06:44 PM

Here is one of these huge tarantulas kept as a pet. The one I had was pretty damn big but this one is f-ucking huge! And listen to it walk! You can actually hear it walk!

My wife interacting with Zilla - our huge female T. Blondi - YouTube

Chula Vista · 10-20-2014, 06:57 PM

No thanks.

~~Lord Larehip~~ · 10-20-2014, 07:22 PM

Spider silk has more tensile strength than steel. It would make ideal fabric but simply isn't plentiful enough. A garment made from spider silk would be impossible for the average person to afford.

Reconstructed image of a fossilized spider preserved in amber hundreds of millions of years ago.

While it may look like an oil painting, this is a fossilized specimen from China several million years old.

Trapdoor spider classified as Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. Yes, it is named after Neil Young--for which he is quite proud.

DwnWthVwls · 10-21-2014, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Larehip

I want to pet it

Zilla is awesome too.

gunnels · 10-24-2014, 03:08 AM

I came to this thread to be a smartass but now I see the critical error I have made as an arachnophobe in scrolling through these posts right before bed. I don't blame you I blame me. You do you, I'll do me, and we won't do eachother. Probably. I don't want to derail your thread so here's a pic of a spider dick I stumbled across a few weeks ago enjoy

DwnWthVwls · 10-24-2014, 08:59 AM

That looks like an exotic plant.

~~James~~ · 10-24-2014, 09:11 AM

This is my favourite thread. So interesting. I can deal with UK spiders, not sure how I would react if confronted by some of these bad boys!

The Batlord · 10-24-2014, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

This is my favourite thread. So interesting. I can deal with UK spiders, not sure how I would react if confronted by some of these bad boys!

This is the spider that infests my house and crawls across my bed.

This is its actual size.

This is what happens when it bites you.

And then.

Spoiler for NSFW:

This is what it does to children and the elderly.

This is me.

You scurred?

DwnWthVwls · 10-24-2014, 12:50 PM

If you seriously have a Black Widow infestation why the hell aren't you doing something about it? That's some serious sh*t.

10-20-2014, 06:57 PM	#43 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	No thanks. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

10-20-2014, 06:34 PM	#41 (permalink)
~~Lord Larehip~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 899	Go to India instead: Giant Swarming Spiders Attack Villages in Northern India, Leaving Two Dead - YouTube

10-20-2014, 06:44 PM	#42 (permalink)
~~Lord Larehip~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 899	Here is one of these huge tarantulas kept as a pet. The one I had was pretty damn big but this one is f-ucking huge! And listen to it walk! You can actually hear it walk! My wife interacting with Zilla - our huge female T. Blondi - YouTube

10-20-2014, 07:22 PM	#44 (permalink)
~~Lord Larehip~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 899	Spider silk has more tensile strength than steel. It would make ideal fabric but simply isn't plentiful enough. A garment made from spider silk would be impossible for the average person to afford. Reconstructed image of a fossilized spider preserved in amber hundreds of millions of years ago. While it may look like an oil painting, this is a fossilized specimen from China several million years old. Trapdoor spider classified as Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. Yes, it is named after Neil Young--for which he is quite proud.

10-24-2014, 09:11 AM	#48 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	This is my favourite thread. So interesting. I can deal with UK spiders, not sure how I would react if confronted by some of these bad boys!