For those who hate spiders

[Lomoriond]

Behold... The camel spider!

[Artha]

:heart:

[Divinity]

Yeah, Axhinde was telling me about those one time. That's friggin scary.

[Artha]

PS: TEAM SPIDER WILL RISE AGAIN.

http://www.news24.com/Images/Photos/2004021222104610_spider.jpg

[Tsa`ah]

Except that picture is a play on perspective.

[Lomoriond]

Actually its TWO camel spiders stuck to one another... but not knowing that makes it pretty scary!

Normally camel spiders only grow to have a diameter of 5"

Is it true?

[Latrinsorm]

I forget the name of the team I was on. I am quite sure it had Miss X on it. Ergo, Team Spider loses. Sry d00ds. :bye:

[Bobmuhthol]

I'd fuck up a desert spider with my desert eagle if I were those guys.

:ohshit: teh pwn.

Is it true about them spiders? Eating camels? Word?

[Bobmuhthol]

<<Is it true about them spiders? Eating camels? Word?>>

No.

[DeV]

Originally posted by Artha
:heart: Ditto.

Biggest ones I've seen yet.

[Axhinde]

They got their name from what they feed off of. Prior to biting, it injects some sort of anesthetic to numb the area and then it sinks it's fangs. Now, I was told some bogus story about how they crawl into a camel's ass and eat it from the inside out, but I don't buy that. They also can jump and tunnel through the sand up to 45mph. We had quite a few that were literally running behind our trucks to stay in the shade. I fucking hated those spiders!

[Tsa`ah]

No.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_camel_spider.htm

[Bobmuhthol]

<<They also can jump and tunnel through the sand up to 45mph.>>

I didn't know not jumping was jumping, and 10MPH was 45MPH. What a world. If someone can't handle a 5 inch spider, I'm afraid I don't trust them fighting a war. They also do not have any type of anesthetic, venom, or discharge at all.

[Edited on 2-13-2005 by Bobmuhthol]

bah

[Edited on 2-13-2005 by Stanley Burrell]

[Bobmuhthol]

<<45 mph, ~6in, so:

45 * 12 = 540...>>

I'm genuinely interested in whether or not this would be true, because I really have no idea. It apparently insinuates that speed is directly related to size.

The 6 foot version is only going 120 mph now, fucking lame.

And yeah, it would be interesting to know, no doubt. Especially because someone is all, "Hey dood! Cockroaches that are the size of humans can defy the theory of relativity and go 3x light-speed!"

[SpunGirl]

I don't care if they don't scream when they run, I still hate them. And I know I shouldn't have clicked on this thread. I now have the shivers. :(

BUT there is something worse than spiders afoot. Guys, please please please PLEASE PLEASE don't start talking about teams again. Please. You know that'll just bring back the Big Beret'd Monster and that is the last thing we need.

-K

[Lomoriond]

Originally posted by Axhinde
We had quite a few that were literally running behind our trucks to stay in the shade.

Those were the middle eastern cheetah spiders you were seeing. THey run at up to 60 MPH and can jump six feet straight into the air.

Did I mention they also have acid for blood and like to attach themselves to peoples faces and lay eggs in their belly?

Lay off the drugs when operating trucks ok?

L

So who's the idiot NOW?! (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22middle+eas tern+cheetah+spiders%22&btnG=Search)

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:drool:

[Artha]

Biggest ones I've seen yet.

Meet Mr. Up-to-12-centimeter-leg-span.

http://www.wetnwildtaxidermy.com/GoliathTarantula2.JPG
http://www.wetnwildtaxidermy.com/GoliathTarantula3.JPG
http://atshq.org/pix/Rhys/tb.jpg

And this is about actual size...
http://www.wcsscience.com/biggest/actualsize.JPG

[DeV]

<3 Artha

That guy went from rags to riches.

Does me thinking that it looks fuzzy and cute sitting on top of the dolla-dolla bills y'all at all indicative of mental problems?

[Bobmuhthol]

<<Meet Mr. Up-to-12-centimeter-leg-span.>>

Less than 5 in. :(

<<That guy went from rags to riches.>>

lmao

[Brattt8525]

Did I mention they also have acid for blood and like to attach themselves to peoples faces and lay eggs in their belly?

:scared:

[Artha]

Does me thinking that it looks fuzzy and cute sitting on top of the dolla-dolla bills y'all at all indicative of mental problems?

Now it look fuzzy and cute.
http://forum.gsplayers.com/images/upload/Artha's%20album/945.jpg

[DaGreatGenital]

Spiders are the shiznit.

[Lomoriond]

I was living in rural oregon and my neighbour called me to her place cause of a giant spider she was afraid to kill. Turned out to be a brown recluse (which aren't even remotely fun to get bitten by)... I wasn't gonna step on it (i was afraid it would step back) so i grabbed a spray can with a mr. yuck sticker on it and sprayed it.

The can turned out to be pink hair spray (for making your hair pink because my neighbour was warped like that) so now all I had was a big ass pissed off pink spider. So through careful manipulation with a broom and a machete, we managed to scare the spider out of the house.

A week later that damned pink spider showed up in my bathroom.

And thats my pink spider story... buahaha

L

[Tsa`ah]

Now that's karma.

[Scott]

You had a broom? Why didn't you just wack the shit out of it with the broom?

:lol:

[The Korean]

Or slice in half with a machete for that matter.

[Scott]

Originally posted by The Korean
Or slice in half with a machete for that matter.

Because a machete would leave marks on the floor, DUH!

[Lomoriond]

You kidding? It would stick to the bristles of the broom and play dead and then BOOM! It would POUNCE like a tiger! Slice off my head and fill it full of recluse eggs.

Ahem

Last time I hit a spider it fell to the floor and ran off. Now I only kill them if I can be 100% sure its dead (and not on the loose watching me). For some reason I'm afraid to step on really poisonous spiders for fear they may bite through the soles of my shoes or something.

Its called a phobia damnit!

[DeV]

Originally posted by Lomoriond

Its called a phobia damnit! And rightfully so in your case. I don't have to see those suckers on a daily basis so I can't say I feel your pain.

Funny story though.

[Artha]

I just hit them with something stuff until I can see splatter. Works for me.

[Brattt8525]

Hey making that spider pink made it so much less frightening! I lose all control when it comes to spiders and snakes, my whole body goes into attack mode and I will use anything close by to pummel them.

[Lomoriond]

That pink spider hung out in the corner of my bathroom for about 4 weeks. I would always get nervous as hell whenever I was in there. I finally got up the courage to poke it with a long long stick and it practically desintegrated. I don't know when it had died, but boy was I happy.

I remember screaming loud enough to invoke a question later of "Why were you screaming TAKE THAT YOU PINK MOTHERFUCKER! in your bathroom?"

[Artha]

Hey making that spider pink made it so much less frightening!

:(

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a7/250px-Wolf_spider_tunnel.jpg

[Bobmuhthol]

If a brown recluse was in my bathroom, I wouldn't go back to be able to tell you how long it had been there.

[The Korean]

Originally posted by Bobmuhthol
If a brown recluse was in my bathroom, I wouldn't go back to be able to tell you how long it had been there.

at least without something not flammable.

[Lomoriond]

I can see the insurance claim.

"Why did you burn your house down?"

"Cause there was a really big icky spider in there!"

[The Korean]

:lol:

What other way to make sure it's dead than to bring it great firey death?

[Artha]

Atleast you got the spider.

[Latrinsorm]

Things take way too long to burn. Now if I had my recurve with me, you'd bet I'd be shooting that bugger. Most bugs I rely on the proven model of boot + bug = less scary, but more gross bug.