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Reply #735 on: November 26, 2014, 09:25:31 AM

Its 'I have a snake' big. That's already in the 'run screaming in terror' level of big for me.

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Reply #736 on: November 26, 2014, 09:50:06 AM

Its 'I have a snake' big. That's already in the 'run screaming in terror' level of big for me.

Yes BUT... that snake is about the size of a pencil. Sure it is still a snake... but I fear the other picture of the spider with the small bird.

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Reply #737 on: November 26, 2014, 11:01:13 AM

The article said that the Snake is half a meter long. That's a big pencil.

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Reply #738 on: November 26, 2014, 04:13:11 PM

Just to properly terrify everyone, golden orb-weavers occur on most continents.  They're all over the South where we call them Banana Spiders.  We usually had a couple in the backyard each year when I was growing up.

Though really, that picture is shot in such a way the perspective makes it look a lot bigger than it really is.

The ones we had in the Midwest were very pretty. The gold markings were iridescent on some--very striking when the sun was at the right angle.

None were big enough to be "scary" in my book. Only a couple of inches across at most, quite a bit smaller than some of the common giant house spiders we find every week or two in our house (Pacific Northwest), and those aren't an issue either.
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Reply #739 on: March 13, 2015, 12:05:17 PM

These are not spiders but this is the correct thread for the following:

https://vine.co/v/h9PBY0Z2DIz

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Reply #740 on: March 13, 2015, 05:24:38 PM

ITS ALIIIIIIVE!!!

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Reply #741 on: March 15, 2015, 04:20:44 PM

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Reply #742 on: April 30, 2015, 07:39:31 AM

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Reply #743 on: May 05, 2015, 02:15:00 AM

Well, that certainly cured his single Wolf spider problem  why so serious?

She was probably carrying them on her abdomen, rather than them coming out of her.

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Reply #744 on: May 07, 2015, 12:26:44 PM

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Reply #745 on: May 07, 2015, 12:32:26 PM

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Reply #746 on: May 07, 2015, 08:54:16 PM


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"This leads to mechanical hardening of teeth, jaws, mandibles, ovipositors and to an enhancement of silk toughness."

God damn it science, stop doing that. Try it with silk worms, I'm considerably less concerned about those with carbon hardened  jaws, mandibles, and ovipositors. Fucking spiders stabbing their ovipositors into your chest and laying eggs in your lungs...



Thanks science. Thanks a lot.
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Reply #747 on: May 07, 2015, 08:57:09 PM

Just wait until we start growing them larger to harvest more silk.  Then the genetic lab where some secret cabal is developing animal hybrids has a disaster..

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Reply #748 on: May 08, 2015, 06:38:50 AM

There's going to be an island somewhere that specializes in this. And gets overrun. And then the video game starts.

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Reply #749 on: May 14, 2015, 02:11:15 AM

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Reply #750 on: May 14, 2015, 06:31:14 AM

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"They can literally travel for kilometres … which is why every continent has spiders. Even in Antarctica they regularly turn up but just die," he said.

Good, good. We have a plan.

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Reply #751 on: May 14, 2015, 12:05:22 PM


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Reply #752 on: October 08, 2015, 10:43:00 AM


I should get back to nature, too.  You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer.  Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached.  Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe

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Reply #753 on: October 27, 2015, 12:22:01 AM


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Reply #754 on: October 27, 2015, 08:04:26 AM

You know what that means.

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Reply #755 on: October 29, 2015, 06:43:58 AM

What's fascinating is that they learned.

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Reply #756 on: October 29, 2015, 07:37:53 AM

What's fascinating is that they learned.


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Reply #757 on: April 11, 2017, 08:35:37 PM

RIIIISE

New type of spider found in Mexico.




There’s a really gross, massive new spider for you to have nightmares about
Rob WaughRob Waugh for Metro.co.ukTuesday 11 Apr 2017 5:24 pm
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There’s a really gross, massive new spider for you to have nightmares about
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Just in case you’d got used to all our current spiders, here’s a really massive, alarming new one for you to have nightmares about.
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Thank us later.

The gigantic, hairy, venomous creature is all-new, too – it’s an unknown species, found in a cave in Mexico, and is an impressive four inches wide.

Researcher Michael Wall of the San Diego Natural History Museum says, ‘This is the type of spider that a lot of people would shriek and run from.They’re pretty meaty.

The spider is related to the famous Brazilian ‘erection spider’ – but isn’t as likely to kill you, or give you a fatal hard-on.

‘The odds of discovering a new species are pretty high. Generally new species discovered are itty-bitty things that people don’t pay attention to, so given the size of this spider, that was surprising.’

The scientists found the spider after seeing their exoskeletons in a grotto in the Cacachilas – then finding living specimens nearby.

‘Once we knew that they were in these dark, reclusive places, we started targeting those and ended up finding more of them.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/11/theres-a-really-gross-massive-new-spider-for-you-to-have-nightmares-about-6568827/#ixzz4e0EIEsvn

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Reply #758 on: October 05, 2017, 08:42:25 PM

Bark spider. Borneo.

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Reply #759 on: October 09, 2017, 03:03:40 PM

Found this fucker staring at me when I went to work today.



edit for clarity:  Not my hand, not my spider, looked up "Winkelspinne" on GIS
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Reply #760 on: October 10, 2017, 04:09:56 AM

No

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Reply #761 on: October 20, 2017, 04:07:09 PM



Spotted taking shelter from the rain a month or so ago.  It was remarkably cool with having a phone hovering a few inches overhead.

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Reply #762 on: November 08, 2017, 07:12:19 PM

Pretty!
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Reply #763 on: July 07, 2018, 11:36:26 AM

Spiders fly using electricity.

tl;dr Some spiders can take advantage of the electrical charge differential between the ground (negatively charged) and the air (positively charged) to launch themselves into the air with the help of their silk.
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Reply #764 on: July 07, 2018, 12:10:52 PM

Thanks, that's really neat!

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Reply #765 on: July 07, 2018, 01:59:54 PM

Thought this was cool...

https://i.imgur.com/CyRxUsI.gifv

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Reply #766 on: July 20, 2018, 09:31:45 AM

Late, but that was very cool to watch, 010!101010!1one01.

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Reply #767 on: July 23, 2018, 09:55:52 AM

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Reply #768 on: July 24, 2018, 01:07:07 AM

That hasn't gotten any better with age.

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Reply #769 on: April 26, 2019, 08:13:45 AM


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