[iOliverC]

Ok ok, I've HAD it with spiders. There not useful and just serve to scare people shitless. I say we start a world wide movement to made these hairy legged freaks extinct.

Anyone who doesn't agree with me:

[residentEvil]

we need spiders. just as we need snakes and bats.

[rjenkinson]

what will eat the other bugs if there are no spiders?

-r.

[mitchell_pgh]

DOWN WITH THE EIGHT LEGED MONSTERS!

[iOliverC]

To be honest, the whole food chain can collapse, as long as spiders no longer exist.

[BoomStick]

I love to see just how big the garden spiders will get in my back yard. I'll turn a light on in the evening so they will gorge themselves on the ensuing insect horde.

[Immortal K-Mart Employee]

I don't mind them. Plus if it wasn't for them we wouldn't have such entertaining movies as Arachnophobia, Spider-Man and 8 Legged Freaks.

[Algernnon]

I like spiders, especially since they tend to keep other insects out of the house. I wouldn't mind having a pet tarantula. Now roaches I can't stand.

[iOliverC]

Batman kicks Spiderman's ass.

[Immortal K-Mart Employee]

Originally posted by iOliverC:
Batman kicks Spiderman's ass.

No way. All batman has is cool toys and lots of money. Spider-Man has mutant powers!

[Ozmodiar]

As much as I hate spiders, we need to keep them around. Otherwise the really gross bugs will get into your house.

[brapper]

Originally posted by Immortal K-Mart Employee:
No way. All batman has is cool toys and lots of money.

and a lot of tude. can't forget the attitude.

[xi_hyperon]

I had a tarantula when I was young. Unless you were a cricket, it was actually quite gentle and didn't mind being handled.

[Immortal K-Mart Employee]

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
Unless you were a cricket, it was actually quite gentle and didn't mind being handled.

Just like me

[Shaddim]

Originally posted by Immortal K-Mart Employee:
No way. All batman has is cool toys and lots of money. Spider-Man has mutant powers!

Which Spiderman vs. which Batman?

[xi_hyperon]

Originally posted by Immortal K-Mart Employee:
Just like me

Perhaps, but I don't envision you pouncing on and eating crickets.

[vmpaul]

How's bout this? I have a relative in Iraq right now. He sent a link to this pict and website recently. To be fair, the text at the bottom of the page says this might be exagerrated because they don't know the source of the photo but it looks real to me.



from website text:

From someone stationed in Baghdad. He was recently bitten by a camel spider which was hiding in his sleeping bag. I thought you'd like to see what a camel spider looks like. It'll give you a better idea of what our troops are dealing with. Enclosed is a picture of his friend holding up two spiders. Warning: not for the squeamish!

This picture is a perfect example of why you don't want to go to the desert. These are 2 of the biggest I've ever seen. With a vertical leap that would make a pro basketball player weep with envy (they have to be able to jump up on to a camels stomach after all), they latch on and inject you with a local anesthesia so you can't feel it feeding on you. They eat flesh, not just suck out your juices like a normal spider. I'm gona be having night mares after seeing this photo!

[d0ubled0wn]

On sheer terror, nothing beats a funnel web spider which can kill a human in minutes.


:shiver:

[DeathToWindows]

Let's keep them... they just look too damn cool.

Get over your phobias, ye weak fools. Get over them I say!

[MindFad]

I like spiders. Just not on me. They're fascinating creatures. When they're not on me.

[Scifience]

Originally posted by vmpaul:
How's bout this? I have a relative in Iraq right now. He sent a link to this pict and website recently. To be fair, the text at the bottom of the page says this might be exagerrated because they don't know the source of the photo but it looks real to me.



from website text:

Looking for this?

http://www.scifience.net/fun/spider.html

All I get is a big green puffy sad face. (Translation: No remote linking)

[vmpaul]

Originally posted by Scifience:
Looking for this?

http://www.scifience.net/fun/spider.html

All I get is a big green puffy sad face. (Translation: No remote linking)

Were you not seeing the inline image? I'm not having a problem.

[Scifience]

Originally posted by vmpaul:
Were you not seeing the inline image? I'm not having a problem.

That is because you already viewed the actual picture so it is in your browser's cache. Clear your cache and try again and you will see what I see.

[vmpaul]

Originally posted by Scifience:
That is because you already viewed the actual picture so it is in your browser's cache. Clear your cache and try again and you will see what I see.

Ahh, OK. You learn something new everyday.

I wonder if that's been happening everytime I post an image? Is there a way to check and prevent this?

[Cipher13]

Originally posted by vmpaul:
How's bout this? I have a relative in Iraq right now. He sent a link to this pict and website recently. To be fair, the text at the bottom of the page says this might be exagerrated because they don't know the source of the photo but it looks real to me.



from website text:

From someone stationed in Baghdad. He was recently bitten by a camel spider which was hiding in his sleeping bag. I thought you'd like to see what a camel spider looks like. It'll give you a better idea of what our troops are dealing with. Enclosed is a picture of his friend holding up two spiders. Warning: not for the squeamish!

This picture is a perfect example of why you don't want to go to the desert. These are 2 of the biggest I've ever seen. With a vertical leap that would make a pro basketball player weep with envy (they have to be able to jump up on to a camels stomach after all), they latch on and inject you with a local anesthesia so you can't feel it feeding on you. They eat flesh, not just suck out your juices like a normal spider. I'm gona be having night mares after seeing this photo!

100% garbage.

1. It's not a spider. It's a member of solifugae (wind spiders, wind scorpions, etc... they're not spiders, it's just that idiots name them).

2. The photo is real, though deceptive. They *can* get up to about 5" across (which is no big deal), but that's the upper limit, in reality.

3. It's not a bloody spider.

4. They have no venom, though they can give you a painful bite. They will not "latch onto you and eat your flesh".

5. It's not a freakin' spider!

6. They're all over the place. You have them in the US too. Not just Iraq.

I hate disinformation like this ****.

I'm not targetting this at you, though. Just generally.

Originally posted by iOliverC:
Ok ok, I've HAD it with spiders. There not useful and just serve to scare people shitless. I say we start a world wide movement to made these hairy legged freaks extinct.

Anyone who doesn't agree with me:

Joke or not, you = fool.

Originally posted by d0ubled0wn:
On sheer terror, nothing beats a funnel web spider which can kill a human in minutes.


:shiver:

No. Not a single funnel web death has been recorded since the introduction of the antivenom. The funnel web you speak of is Atrax robustus, or the Sydney Funnel Web. Not all funnel webs are as you say. The Sydney Funnel Web *can* cause death in as little as 15 minutes, but only on children, and only after a severe bite from a male of the species.

It's exaggeration. Even death in under an hour is incredibly unlikely.

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by iOliverC:
Ok ok, I've HAD it with spiders. There not useful and just serve to scare people shitless. I say we start a world wide movement to made these hairy legged freaks extinct.

Anyone who doesn't agree with me:

Or send them to South China where the people will eat them.

[spiky_dog]

here's a pic of mine for the spider fans out there:

click here for a decent sized pic (as to not annoy the mods)

note the missing legs, guy's probably lived a tough life.

[ReggieX]

Originally posted by vmpaul:
[ img]http://www.ulrp2.com/photos/images/camelspider.jpg[/img]

Stop image leeching, dumbass.