This is why nudists, spider-hunting and petroleum don't mix:

[Stanley Burrell]

Spider-hunting Nudist Gets Burned!


SYDNEY (April 3) - A red-faced Australian nudist who tried to set fire to what he thought was a deadly funnel web spider's nest ended up with badly burned buttocks, emergency officials said Monday.


The 56-year-old man was at a nudist colony near Bowral, about 60 miles southwest of Sydney, Sunday, when he spotted what he believed to be a funnel web spider hole.


Ambulance workers, including a helicopter crew, were called to the scene after the man poured petrol down the hole and then lit a match in an attempt to kill the offending arachnid.


"The exploding gasoline fumes left the man with burns to 18 percent of his body, on the upper leg and buttocks," the NRMA Careflight helicopter rescue service said in a statement.


It said the man's lack of clothing probably contributed to the extent of his burns.


"The fate of the bunkered spider was unknown, although other guests at the resort thought it was probably a harmless trapdoor spider and not a deadly funnel web," the statement said.


NRMA Careflight said it was called to a property in the same area in January when another man kicked a spider that was crawling up the wall of a friend's cabin. The man broke his leg in two places, it said.

[radamanthys]

Fuckin spiders.

[Daniel]

Those must be some huge spiders.

[Gan]

http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/funnelweb.htm


I hate ALL spiders. The only good spider is a dead spider.

[Bobmuhthol]

I seriously thought the picture of the spiders mating was a robot.

[Czeska]

As I told someone recently, Nature gave us spiders so we can practice defending our homes. Kill them. Kill them all. :twitch:

Just maybe not with flaming petroleum products..

[DeV]

Spiders are your friend until you try to kill them.

[Jolena]

Yah tell that to the two fiddlebacks that bit me in my sleep. One on the inside of my knee and one on the inside of my elbow. Having a spider bite hole cleaned out of dead flesh is NOT fun in any way shape or form.

[DeV]

Eww.

p.s. My spider friends apologize for your misfortune.

[DCSL]

Spiders are hilarious. I was driving down the highway when I saw something move across the dashboard. It was this quartar-sized black spider with two little bright green spots on its face. I thought it was adorable. I didn't say anything to my boyfriend, sitting in the passenger seat, until it finally made its way to his side of the dashboard.

"Hey, look, there's a spider in front of you," says I, thinking he will enjoy its cute lil' green spots as well.

He FREAKS OUT. The spider starts coming towards him. It seems to tilt itself to one side, then the other as it considers him a moment from two feet away. All the while he's practically climbing the back of the seat trying to get away. He's afraid to reach for his shoe to kill it.

I finally had to hand him my flip-flop while I was driving so that he could kill it. He said it MENACED him, that it was coming for him. He said it charged because he showed fear, that that's why I wasn't in danger from it.

I love people who're irrationally afraid of spiders. Almost as fun as being the designated driver with a car full of drunks, stopping at every gas station and collecting gas money from them every stop.

[Daniel]

Lol. Your BF is a pansy

[DCSL]

Totally. Next to him I look like a total asskicker. 's why I keep him around.

[Gan]

Yah tell that to the two fiddlebacks that bit me in my sleep. One on the inside of my knee and one on the inside of my elbow. Having a spider bite hole cleaned out of dead flesh is NOT fun in any way shape or form.

Getting bit by a brown recluse does that too. It seriously rots the flesh and you have to have it debrieded daily. Spiders are kill on sight.

And the whole biting while asleep thing is the worst... At least come at me when I can see you.

BOOM! HEADSHOT!!!

[Aaysia]

ewww :shudder: That sounds horrible Jolena.

I don't freak out if I see a spider in my car while driving. I calmly pull over then smash the shit out of said spider. If I find a bug in my room or something it's the same thing. I can't sleep knowing it's in my room so it has to die in order for me to have peace of mind.

[Jolena]

It was horrible. When I woke up, I didn't realize that was what it was. The bites look like small irritations on your skin, almost like a misquito bite or a pimple that's just starting to form. It itched a little but that's it. The next morning I woke up and my arm and knee were both swollen to the point I couldn't move them. Had to go to the doctor and have them lance it and then remove the poisonous flesh. I kill spiders on sight now, trust me. :shudder:

[Gan]

Here's some photos of brown recluse bites. THIS is why I hate spiders.

http://www.brown-recluse.com/bitephotos.html

WARNING: Photos contained in the link are not for the meek or recently digesting dinner. (That will ensure that everyone will look at them now...)

"In some cases, necrosis can reappear months or even years after being bitten."


UGH!

[Artha]

You're never more than 3 feet from a spider.

[Skirmisher]

Spiders are cool in my book.

I leave the ones who make inobtrusive webs in corners alone as they get rid of other creepy crawlies.

If they rappel down on top of me or in front of me or the like they get the shoe though.

I don't see a spider scaring me unless we are talking like lord of the rings spiders or maybe one of those camel spider jobs.

[Praefection]

A lady I work with got bit by a spider that I can't remember the name of, except it's sort of like a brown recluse but different.

Moral of the story, the doctors in my town are a bunch of idiots. This was in September and still has an oozing, leaking sore on her ankle that's at LEAST two inches by two inches.

Spiders are killed on site after seeing that.

[Miss X]

I'm 100% sure spiders are truly evil. They just KNOW when you're looking at them. So glad there are no poisonous spiders in the UK cos I can just about handle tiny house spiders without having a coronary. I always said that I'd have to marry a man who wasn't afraid of them because I couldn't live in a house without a spider catcher! (I hate killing insects so I'd rather someone could free them.)

[Drew]

Spiders are bad but not nearly as bad as cock-a-roaches

[Miss X]

OMG yeah they are disgusting. Only ever seen one in my life and that was in my hotel room in Cyprus a few years ago. Tried to kill it with fucking hairspray but the bastard got away! Didn't sleep at all that night in case it attacked me!

[Jazuela]

Spiders are great. I love watching them spin their webs. We had the most amazing looking one outside the condo we lived in before moving. It was jet black, with bright yellow stripes going up and down its back. Its web was perfect. I mean - absolutely perfect. I've never seen such a perfect web before or since.

When a spider's in my house, I'll usually attempt to get it outside so it can eat the pesty plant-eaters in my garden. I'm not too squeamish with them though I do avoid letting them crawl on my skin. I get spider bites often in the spring while I'm sleeping, but the ones around here don't have "deadly" venom. Just "annoying mosquito-ish but bigger" venom.

Since we live on a wooded lot we get all kinds of creepy-crawlies. Fortunately, I haven't seen a centipede or a cockroach. Those two things creep me out. Earwigs though...<shudder> They just look nasty. And they're quick. Blech.

[Skeeter]

do not fuck with the Clockspider

http://dogz.wuffpaws.com/gallery/scarry_spider

[Gan]

do not fuck with the Clockspider

http://dogz.wuffpaws.com/gallery/scarry_spider

I would have pulled out the rifle (30.30) for that one.