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Title: I heard that a large portion of the human race is afraid of spiders.
Post by: GmanJoe on September 06, 2005, 09:08:20 AM: Why?

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Post by: Luke on September 06, 2005, 09:17:51 AM: I hate spiders.

Thats some scary shit.
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Post by: fre4d4 on September 06, 2005, 09:19:58 AM: Well in my case yes hate them and yes i am afraid of them.
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 06, 2005, 09:20:20 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Luke
I hate spiders.

Thats some scary shit.

I\'m not afraid of them. I actually want a pet tarantula but the wife won\'t let me. :( Dammit! :mad:

That pic above is called The Goliath Bird-Eating Spider.
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Post by: Ashford on September 06, 2005, 09:38:22 AM: http://www.big-boys.com/articles/camelspider.html
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 06, 2005, 09:49:25 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Ashford
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/camelspider.html

They\'re not that large and they\'re more like scorpions than spiders. :)
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 06, 2005, 09:57:13 AM: Camel Spider in action

http://www.fazed.org/video/view/?id=85
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Post by: Bozco on September 06, 2005, 10:07:27 AM: I\'m liking \'While my guitar gently weeps\' in the background
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Post by: Luke on September 06, 2005, 11:05:11 AM: those videos are gonna give me scary dreams
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Post by: CHIZZY on September 06, 2005, 11:09:58 AM: FUCK THAT THING!
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Post by: Evi on September 06, 2005, 11:14:28 AM: I hate spiders...they\'re just gross. The little ones don\'t bother me so much, but when they start getting gargantuan...that\'s when problems start to occur.

And camel spiders are nasty.
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 06, 2005, 11:14:32 AM: Quote
Originally posted by CHIZZY
FUCK THAT THING!

They are furry creatures. Like puppies. Only with twice as many legs and about the size of a dinner plate (10 inches).

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Post by: Evi on September 06, 2005, 11:15:44 AM: Quote
Like puppies.
From hell...
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 06, 2005, 11:40:44 AM: They live around 25 years. For less than $500, they can be your next pet.
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Post by: Evi on September 06, 2005, 11:54:16 AM: But you can\'t take them for walks...
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Post by: THX on September 06, 2005, 12:08:28 PM: When I was in Mexico, wearing sandals with no socks, we were walking down the street at night in a poor neighborhood. The grass on either side of the cracked street was higher than your knee.

Out the corner of my eye I thought I saw something dark scurrying around. I turned my head and saw it was a huge f#cking hairy-as-all-sh!t tarantula. For some reason or another it was moving towards my foot.

It got within 15 inches of my foot but I must have jumped 15 feet in the air. I yelled at my friends, they immediately looked down and this huge white guy in our group started moving like he was the Flash with a look of terror on his face. :laughing:

Our guide also moved back but was laughing when it was all over. The spider vanished back into the grass and we always looked at our feet the rest of the trip.
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Post by: THX on September 06, 2005, 12:12:00 PM: Remeber this?

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Post by: Unicron! on September 06, 2005, 12:41:08 PM: I WANT A SPIDER PET.....NOW
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Post by: Cerberus on September 06, 2005, 01:25:44 PM: Fucking hell, imagine waking up in the middle of the night and finding one of those crawling across your face!!!

Lucky for us, we don\'t get them that big in the uk. The biggest I\'ve seen, is a house spider with about a 1.5 inch leg span.

I don\'t really have a problem with them, as long as they stay in the corner of the ceiling. If it weren\'t for spiders, there\'s be shit loads of other nasties crawling around.
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Post by: Phil on September 06, 2005, 01:28:21 PM: I\'d prefer a big long snake over a spider anyday...ummm errrr.... :gay:
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Post by: Paul2 on September 06, 2005, 01:40:28 PM: Quote
Originally posted by THX

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Heh. That pic somehow remind me of a nickname some guys called me "Daddy Long Leg"...

which i am not sure if its an insult or a compliment or its just a way of saying hi...shrugs...
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Post by: Coredweller on September 06, 2005, 02:08:01 PM: The big ones are not the ones you should be afraid of.

The ones with the most toxic venom are the small ones. Black Widow spiders, which are common in Arizona and S. California carry a venom that is 15 times more poisonous than rattlesnake venom.

I have no problem with these huge spiders. They don\'t attack large mammals like us.
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Post by: Cerberus on September 06, 2005, 02:11:36 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Coredweller
The big ones are not the ones you should be afraid of.

Yeah, and it\'s also difficult for a big one like that to get inside your ear. I read in the paper that last year, there were over 100 cases in the uk alone of spiders crawling into peoples ears while they were sleeping.
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 06, 2005, 02:25:20 PM: black widows are nothing compared to what the Brown Recluse can do. Not many people die from widows coz they don\'t secrete as much venom. But the Recluse will make life a living hell.

GIS Brown Recluse bites and get ready to lose your appetites.
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Post by: Evi on September 06, 2005, 02:35:13 PM: Quote
there were over 100 cases in the uk alone of spiders crawling into peoples ears while they were sleeping.
Ick...that\'s nasty. I think about that sometimes before I sleep. There\'s your eyes, nostrils, and sometimes your mouth is open during sleep. I don\'t want bugs crawling into my face while I\'m sleeping. That\'s just nasty.
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Post by: CHIZZY on September 06, 2005, 03:34:24 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Cerberus
Yeah, and it\'s also difficult for a big one like that to get inside your ear. I read in the paper that last year, there were over 100 cases in the uk alone of spiders crawling into peoples ears while they were sleeping.

that\'s \'cos they heard there were spaces for rent...

ba-dum-psssh!
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Post by: Jumpman on September 06, 2005, 03:50:33 PM: pussies
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Post by: Titan on September 06, 2005, 04:08:16 PM: I had a friend that got a tick in her ear. They had to expand her ear canal to get it out.
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Post by: Evi on September 06, 2005, 04:31:56 PM: Quote
They had to expand her ear canal to get it out.
How did they do that? :eek:
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Post by: Titan on September 06, 2005, 04:43:15 PM: Quote
Originally posted by EviscerationX
How did they do that? :eek:

I dunno. My eyes went down to her chest after that point :p
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 06, 2005, 06:29:20 PM: Terrified of them. Scared to death of them. If it has eight legs, I hit panic mode.
It\'s just that simple.
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Post by: THX on September 06, 2005, 06:36:16 PM: Edited my previous post, picture should work now

:eek:
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Post by: Halberto on September 06, 2005, 06:47:57 PM: I hate spiders too. I can walk up to them but once they make a move then I become a little girl. And if one crawls on me... I wont sleep for days. I feel like its always on me. :(
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Post by: Unicron! on September 07, 2005, 02:43:30 AM: I love spiders.But if there is something with more than four legs I cant stand of is a slimy centipede,
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Post by: Knotter8 on September 07, 2005, 03:25:22 AM: i have witnessed real arachnaphobia about 2 weeks ago. I was talking to this girl at work about the 3D stuff i made and suddenly i noticed a spider which had climbed up my desk. I said ; Hey, look .. a spider ... and she JUMPED , ran away and really got friggin hyperventilating and crying. Her fright of spiders was as real as my astonishment. :eek:
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 07, 2005, 04:01:49 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Knotter8
i have witnessed real arachnaphobia about 2 weeks ago. I was talking to this girl at work about the 3D stuff i made and suddenly i noticed a spider which had climbed up my desk. I said ; Hey, look .. a spider ... and she JUMPED , ran away and really got friggin hyperventilating and crying. Her fright of spiders was as real as my astonishment. :eek:

You\'re a fucking liar! You showed her your pubic region and called it "black tarantula". Then she ran away.
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Post by: Titan on September 07, 2005, 06:31:36 AM: I\'m not terrified of spiders, except when they are just near me I jump. I usually try to kill them but the nonvenomous ones are good to keep alive. They eat insects too but won\'t harm me. Wolf spiders are the worst near me. When you try to smack them, they move away not to mention they are pretty venomous.
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Post by: Jumpman on September 07, 2005, 06:33:35 AM: i kill on insects near me and move on with my life
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Post by: Knotter8 on September 07, 2005, 07:41:36 AM: Quote
Originally posted by GmanJoe
You\'re a fucking liar! You showed her your pubic region and called it "black tarantula". Then she ran away.

Nah...your brain is just to sexually infected so it fucks up any text you read.
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 07, 2005, 08:58:52 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Knotter8
Nah...your brain is just to sexually infected so it fucks up any text you read.

Your momz passed it on to me.
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Post by: (e) on September 07, 2005, 07:04:27 PM: I had a teacher once who loved to let his tarantula "precious crawl all over my face".

I swear he was having an orgasm right then and there.
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Post by: Titan on September 07, 2005, 07:15:46 PM: Quote
Originally posted by (e)
I had a teacher once who loved to let his tarantula "precious crawl all over my face".

I swear he was having an orgasm right then and there.

I think everyone on this board would love to see a giant spider on your face.
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Post by: (e) on September 07, 2005, 07:17:37 PM: Im sure of the poison variety too, eh?

:rolleyes:
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 07, 2005, 07:30:45 PM: I was thinking some big naked, hairy pubed fat woman sitting in your face. She doesn\'t call it a tarantula but rather a hairy clam.
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Post by: Paul2 on September 07, 2005, 10:26:43 PM: ^^^
you mean to tell me (e) gave her or him orgasm as he/she sit on his face?
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Post by: Halberto on September 07, 2005, 10:31:42 PM: Quote
Originally posted by (e)
I had a teacher once who loved to let his tarantula "precious crawl all over my face".

I swear he was having an orgasm right then and there.

it was from the attention he was getting

I hate people that go out of their way to be wierd.
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Post by: cloud345 on September 08, 2005, 04:47:38 PM: I read on the internet that one guy hadnt got a hair cut for 3 years w/o washing his hair and then when he went to get it cut he ran out screaming and he was found dead later that day from spiders that were living in his hair. :O
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Post by: Luke on September 08, 2005, 06:15:08 PM: That was one hell of a sentence there buddy.
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 08, 2005, 06:23:25 PM: Quote
Originally posted by cloud345
I read on the internet that one guy hadnt got a hair cut for 3 years w/o washing his hair and then when he went to get it cut he ran out screaming and he was found dead later that day from spiders that were living in his hair. :O

Reeks of Urban legend.
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Post by: Unicron! on September 08, 2005, 10:18:36 PM: Bob Marley never washed his hair I think.But pot did the spider job instead
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Post by: Titan on September 08, 2005, 10:26:37 PM: Quote
Originally posted by cloud345
I read on the internet that one guy hadnt got a hair cut for 3 years w/o washing his hair and then when he went to get it cut he ran out screaming and he was found dead later that day from spiders that were living in his hair. :O

Whatnq43 you trying to say.
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Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on September 08, 2005, 10:49:58 PM: spiders, you people have NO idea what a real spider is, come to Australia, I\'ll give u the crash course.

Funnel Web (Very Nasty)
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RedBack
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Wolf
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White Tail
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Post by: GmanJoe on September 08, 2005, 11:11:57 PM: None of those spiders come close to the nasty Brown Recluse spider. Google Image the thing. Enjoy the rotting flesh.
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Post by: Halberto on September 08, 2005, 11:24:39 PM: Yeah but Australlia is like the kingdom of poisonous crap. Snakes, spiders etc.

I saw a show where it said in parts of Australlia these poisonous spiders constantly crawl into shoes so you have to always bang your shoes to make sure there isnt one in there. It freaked me out, so the shoes I leave in my garage I always bang on them just in case lol
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Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on September 08, 2005, 11:24:59 PM: Read up on the sydney funnel web...
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Post by: Samwise on September 08, 2005, 11:28:14 PM: My spider is bigger than yours.
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Post by: THX on September 08, 2005, 11:46:36 PM: hehe. Aussieland has the Box Jellyfish which IIRC, is the 2nd most venemous creature in the world. I forget what the first is but I think it\'s in Australia too.

Brown Recluse though is icky fvcking disgusting.

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Can\'t believe that tiny thing can make your flesh rot off for months on end!
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Post by: Soul Reaver on September 09, 2005, 01:00:55 AM: Pretty common down south. Good thing I live in civilization.

(ohh ziing)
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Post by: Evi on September 09, 2005, 01:53:17 AM: Good gawd those things are nasty. WTF?!? So tiny, yet the venom is so potent. :mad:

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Read up on the sydney funnel web...

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Funnel-web spiders
Family Hexathelidae

Sydney Funnel-web Spider (Atrax robustus) male.
Photo: M Gray © Australian Museum.

Funnel-web spiders, the most notorious members of our spider fauna, are found only in eastern Australia. There are at least 40 species currently placed in two genera: Hadronyche and Atrax. They are medium to large spiders, varying from 1-5 cm body length. Males are more lightly built than females. Body colour can vary from black to brown but the hard carapace covering the front part of the body is always sparsely haired and glossy. The lateral pair of spinning organs (spinnerets) at the end of the abdomen are longer and easily visible in Atrax spp. but often shorter in Hadronyche spp.

Not all species are known to be dangerous, but several are renowned for their highly toxic and fast acting venom. The male of Atrax robustus, the Sydney Funnel-web Spider, is probably responsible for all recorded deaths (13) and many medically serious bites. This remarkable spider has become a part of Sydney\'s folklore and, although no deaths have been recorded since the introduction of an antivenom in 1981, it remains an icon of fear and fascination for Sydneysiders.
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Post by: Evi on September 09, 2005, 01:57:20 AM: More:

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Bite Symptoms

The physical reaction to a brown recluse spider bite depends on the amount of venom injected and an individual\'s sensitivity to it. Some people are unaffected by a bite, whereas others experience immediate or delayed effects as the venom kills the tissues (necrosis) at the site of the bite. Many brown recluse bites cause just a little red mark that heals without event. The vast majority of brown recluse bites heal without severe scarring (http://spiders.ucr.edu/avoidbites.html).

Initially, the bite may feel like a pinprick or go unnoticed. Some may not be aware of the bite for 2 to 8 hours. Others feel a stinging sensation followed by intense pain. Infrequently, some victims experience general systemic reactions that may include restlessness, generalized itching, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, or shock. A small white blister usually initially rises at the bite site surrounded by a swollen area. The affected area enlarges and becomes red, and the tissue is hard to the touch for some time. The lesion from a brown recluse spider bite is a dry, blue-gray or blue-white, irregular sinking patch with ragged edges and surrounding redness--termed the "red, white, and blue sign." The lesion usually is 1½ inches by 2¾ inches or smaller. Characteristics of a bite are further discussed at http://www.amednews.com/free/hlsa0805.

The bite of the brown recluse spider can result in a painful, deep wound that takes a long time to heal. Fatalities are extremely rare, but bites are most dangerous to young children, the elderly, and those in poor physical condition. When there is a severe reaction to the bite, the site can erupt into a "volcano lesion" (a hole in the flesh due to damaged, gangrenous tissue). The open wound may range from the size of an adult\'s thumbnail to the span of a hand. The dead tissue gradually sloughs away, exposing underlying tissues. The sunken, ulcerating sore may heal slowly up to 6 to 8 weeks. Full recovery may take several months and scarring may remain.

It is difficult for a physician to accurately diagnose a "brown recluse bite" based simply on wound characteristics. It is absolutely necessary to have the spider for a positive identification. Necrotic wounds can result from a variety of agents such as bacteria (Staphylococcus, "flesh-eating" Streptococcus, etc.), viruses, fungi, and arthropods (non-recluse spiders, centipedes, mites, ticks, wasps, bedbugs, kissing bugs, biting flies, etc.). Necrotic conditions also can be caused by vascular and lymphatic disorders, drug reactions, underlying diseases states, and a variety of other agents. An annotated list of conditions that could be mistaken for a brown recluse spider bite is available at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2002/08/05/hlsa0805.htm. Misdiagnosis of lesions as brown recluse bites can delay appropriate care.

Damn recluse:

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Post by: Eiksirf on September 09, 2005, 03:35:27 AM: I will go on record as saying this shit officially freaks me out, heh.

I used to think I wasn\'t spooked by much, but one of these would make me act like a girl.

I crushed a big honkin spider once (big for around here anyway) and a buncha little baby spiders ran out.

I don\'t need that, heh.

-Dan

//And by act like a girl, I mean wear a dress and apply lipstick
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Post by: videoholic on September 09, 2005, 04:29:17 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Knotter8
i have witnessed real arachnaphobia about 2 weeks ago. I was talking to this girl at work about the 3D stuff i made and suddenly i noticed a spider which had climbed up my desk. I said ; Hey, look .. a spider ... and she JUMPED , ran away and really got friggin hyperventilating and crying. Her fright of spiders was as real as my astonishment. :eek:

you forgot to mention her tits.
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Post by: Evi on September 09, 2005, 11:53:50 AM: Quote
//And by act like a girl, I mean wear a dress and apply lipstick
LOL...WTF?
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Post by: Titan on September 09, 2005, 12:54:20 PM: Those things are scary as hell.