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Paelos
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Rule of thumb: If there is a horror film about it, it's not cute! example: --> Arachnophobiaand yet bats...
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Evildrider
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Rule of thumb: If there is a horror film about it, it's not cute! example: --> ArachnophobiaHorror movie: Bats.
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Evildrider
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Is this more cute? Ommmmmggggzzz Soo Cute! I love how he's giving the teddy bear kisses on the forehead and gently caressing his eyeball.
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Trippy
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Sir T
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Rule of thumb: If there is a horror film about it, it's not cute! example: --> ArachnophobiaHorror movie: Bats.
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Hic sunt dracones.
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Signe
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Wrong thread! Sorry! Hope I didn't offend.
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« Last Edit: March 03, 2013, 09:08:42 AM by Signe »
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Sir T
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Oddly appropriate, apparently the only place you can avoid Bat eating spiders is Antarctica. There's only one place in the world to escape bat-catching spiders: Antarctica. These arachnids ensnare and pounce on bats everywhere else in the world, researchers say.
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Giant webs Approximately 90 percent of known bat-catching spiders live in the warmer areas of the globe, in the third of the Earth surrounding the equator. About 40 percent live in the neotropics — the whole of South America, and the tropical regions of North America — while nearly a third live in Asia and more than a sixth live in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Eighty-eight percent of the reported cases of bat catches were due to web-building spiders, with giant tropical orb-weaving spiders with a leg-span of 4 to 6 inches seen catching bats in huge, strong orb-webs up to 5 feet wide.
In instances seen in Costa Rica and Panama, the spiders had built their webs near buildings inhabited by bat colonies. Bat-catching via spiderwebs was also witnessed particularly often in the parks and forests of the greater Hong Kong area. Future research may investigate whether the huge webs that sometimes block the entrances of tropical bat caves in east and southeast Asia and the neotropics may occasionally snag any members of the giant swarms of bats that emerge from the caves at night. [Photos: Creepy, Crawly & Incredible Spiders]
The other 12 percent of cases of spider kills of bats were from spiders that hunt without webs. For instance, tarantulas were seen eating small bats in tropical rainforests in Peru and eastern Ecuador and on the forest floor in northeastern Brazil. A reddish parachute tarantula (Poecilotheria rufilata) was also seen predating on a small bat in Kerala, India, while a huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria) was observed capturing and killing a small bat in a shed near Kolkata, India. An attempt by a large fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) to kill a bat pup was also witnessed below a bridge in Indiana.
The victims Most bat prey of spiders are small or juvenile insect-eating bats, and usually are among the most common bat species of their areas. Bats entangled in webs were usually 4 to 9.5 inches in wingspan, including some of the smallest species of bats in the world, and they sometimes died of exhaustion, starvation, dehydration or overheating — but there were many cases where spiders were seen actively attacking, killing and eating these victims. Picture from the article, from Japan, of spider with bat in web.
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Hic sunt dracones.
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Paelos
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Heh the description of raining spiders got me.
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Ironwood
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Holy fucking shit, Sir T, that thing is horrifying. I MUST SHOW THE WIFE !!
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Teleku
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I'm happy I got sent to Poland, where anything poisonous will freeze to death 9 months out of the year. Giant fucking insects and killer snakes scare the fucking hell out of me. I'm just waiting for them to send me to the Congo or something next.
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor." -Stephen Colbert
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Selby
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I got bit by yet another spider. Again. This time on my forearm and lower leg. I was advised it was probably a black widow judging by the marks and swelling (which is what it was last time). And there isn't anything they can do about it. I'd post pictures of them, but I'm pretty sure no one wants to see overly large black widows in their nests ;-)
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RhyssaFireheart
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I got bit by yet another spider. Again. This time on my forearm and lower leg. I was advised it was probably a black widow judging by the marks and swelling (which is what it was last time). And there isn't anything they can do about it. I'd post pictures of them, but I'm pretty sure no one wants to see overly large black widows in their nests ;-)
I, for one, am grateful you've not subjected me to those photos on FB recently. I'll stick to seeing pics of your car-works-in-progress. Hope the bites aren't too bad. What is the treatment for getting bit by a black widow, anyways?
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Lantyssa
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Fire. Lots of fire for the widows.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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Grit your teeth and bear through it in most cases...
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Merusk
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I'm just waiting for them to send me to the Congo or something next. Northern Territory, Australia.
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Teleku
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Nope, we only have Consulates in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and then of course the embassy in Canberra. Which are all far away from that area, so I'd be safe from that danger zone if they sent me there next tour (spoiler: they wont).
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« Last Edit: March 21, 2013, 03:13:45 PM by Teleku »
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor." -Stephen Colbert
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Nevermore
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Spiders are cute!
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Over and out.
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Lantyssa
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I hear the call!
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Selby
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Hope the bites aren't too bad. What is the treatment for getting bit by a black widow, anyways?
Not horrible fortunately. Swelled up about 8" in diameter on my arm while my leg fared better. Contrary to what everyone says about black widows and their poison, the nurses and doctors I've consulted said unless you have an allergic reaction they pretty much don't do anything for them except recommend OTC topical cream for the affected areas and lots of water to flush your system out. And that most of their bites are painful but no lasting damage or anything other than being annoying after a few days. Pain is gone, just a bit of minor itching in places. And it's down to only 4" in diameter ;-)
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Count Nerfedalot
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Nope, we only have Consulates in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and then of course the embassy in Canberra. Which are all far away from that area, so I'd be safe from that danger zone if they sent me there next tour (spoiler: they wont).
Funnel Webs are native to urban Sydney. You DO NOT want to mess with a funnel web spider. The redbacks (black widows) are tame in comparison. Not to mention docile compared to the lunging aggressive leap a foot or so to better drive their fangs into you because they're really annoyed at humans stomping around on their turf funnel web spiders. If bit, get to a hospital in less than an hour (in Sydney traffic no less) or shuffle off this mortal coil. I don't fear spiders in general, but let's just say I have a very healthy respect for the funnel webs.
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Yes, I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?
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Sir T
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Apparently the males are 7 times more venomous than the females, a lot smaller, and you are far more likely to encounter the males as they are generally out and about looking for females, who generally stay in their funnels. They are also far more aggressive. Have fun! Heres a pic of a female Sydney funnel spider. This was 2 and a half inches long. If I was any good at Gifs I'd add a cylon or knight rider red light to this one. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharkjames/78345637/
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Hic sunt dracones.
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Pennilenko
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Why do I click on this thread? It's so horrible.
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"See? All of you are unique. And special. Like fucking snowflakes." -- Signe
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tgr
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Because it's awesome.
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Cyno's lit, bridge is up, but one pilot won't be jumping home.
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Sir T
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Heres a pic of the male Sydney funnel web in warning posture
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« Last Edit: March 27, 2013, 07:15:42 PM by Sir T »
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Hic sunt dracones.
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Nevermore
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Was it the giant fangs that gave it away?
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Over and out.
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Der Helm
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"I've been done enough around here..."- Signe
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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Just to be sure you know...
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Der Helm
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Maybe they just love humans so much they don't want to let go.
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« Last Edit: March 28, 2013, 09:32:31 AM by Der Helm »
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"I've been done enough around here..."- Signe
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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Maybe they just love humans so much they don't want to let go.
That one just might be out of bounds even for RK.
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Der Helm
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That one just might be out of bounds even for RK. Added a NSFW tag, just i case someone actually is stupid enough to click that link. (Thank you for suffering along with me though, my binary friend)
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"I've been done enough around here..."- Signe
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VainEldritch
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'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
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tgr
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Aww a cute facehugger.
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Cyno's lit, bridge is up, but one pilot won't be jumping home.
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VainEldritch
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Aww a cute facehugger. Nuke that fucker form orbit - it's the only way to be sure. *heads for the Sulaco*
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'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
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Signe
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Gorgeous!
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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