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Goliath encounter: Puppy-sized spider surprises scientist in rainforest

For the record I see this in the wild and its going to be the first spider with 124 hollowpoint through it...
(go to site for actual pic HOLY CRAP!)
More pics here
http://www.livescience.com/48339-goliath-birdeater-spider-photos.html
http://www.livescience.com/48339-goliath-birdeater-spider-photos.htmlhttp://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/10/20/goliath-encounter-puppy-sized-spider-surprises-scientist-in-rainforest/

 Frazzled wrote:
Goliath encounter: Puppy-sized spider surprises scientist in rainforest

For the record I see this in the wild and its going to be the first spider with 124 hollowpoint through it...
(go to site for actual pic HOLY CRAP!)
More pics here
http://www.livescience.com/48339-goliath-birdeater-spider-photos.html
http://www.livescience.com/48339-goliath-birdeater-spider-photos.htmlhttp://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/10/20/goliath-encounter-puppy-sized-spider-surprises-scientist-in-rainforest/

My missus is from Guyana.


Well, feth ever going there!

Frazz, it probably eats hollow points and weaves lead coated feth yous!

Flippin' 'eck!

Nuke it from orbit, only way to be sure.

It's funny... I have arachnaphobia something fierce, except when it comes to members of the tarantula family... For some reason, I look at that photo and say "Yeah, that's cool. Eats insects on the ground? I should get one for my basement."

Show me a Black Widow or Brown Recluse? I ain't sleeping for days.

 Mr. Burning wrote:
Frazz, it probably eats hollow points and weaves lead coated feth yous!

exalted. 10x over if possible

squidhills wrote:
It's funny... I have arachnaphobia something fierce, except when it comes to members of the tarantula family... For some reason, I look at that photo and say "Yeah, that's cool. Eats insects on the ground? I should get one for my basement."

Show me a Black Widow or Brown Recluse? I ain't sleeping for days.

OK then!




No need to thank me for the 'extra time' you now have to paint up that miniature backlog you've undoubtedly got somewhere!

 Alpharius wrote:

squidhills wrote:
It's funny... I have arachnaphobia something fierce, except when it comes to members of the tarantula family... For some reason, I look at that photo and say "Yeah, that's cool. Eats insects on the ground? I should get one for my basement."

Show me a Black Widow or Brown Recluse? I ain't sleeping for days.

OK then!




No need to thank me for the 'extra time' you now have to paint up that miniature backlog you've undoubtedly got somewhere!

Nice going. You just made The List.

Oh, and you can expect my therapist's bill in your mail within a month or so.

hate to bring up the death world, but there is only one spider that scares me , the funnel web spider.
it has a recognised attack posture and can leap a meter...also thankfully it is native to my neck of the woods. A good reason not to garden


it is the only aussie wildlife i wouldn't consider killing.
top of that list atm is:
bandicoots:

and bush turkeys:



those two bastards make gardening an effort, if they ever come off the endangered list I'll be waiting for them with a spade.

....errrr hi wireshttp://www.wires.org.au/" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> http://www.wires.org.au/

The first one has been spotted in the US:

 Albatross wrote:

My missus is from Guyana.


Well, feth ever going there!

Look on the bright side.....


It's not Australian!!! (the spider, I mean)

I admire its purity...

squidhills wrote:
It's funny... I have arachnaphobia something fierce, except when it comes to members of the tarantula family... For some reason, I look at that photo and say "Yeah, that's cool. Eats insects on the ground? I should get one for my basement."

Show me a Black Widow or Brown Recluse? I ain't sleeping for days.

You living here either... amirite?
http://www.kmov.com/news/investigates/Family-sues-previous-homeowners--149557785.html

Before I changed dorms, my roommate had a tarantula he put at the head of my bed. It terrified me.

How is this even news... That species has been around for ages...

I know a couple of people who have/had them as pets.. They are pretty docile.

 Soladrin wrote:
How is this even news... That species has been around for ages...

I know a couple of people who have/had them as pets.. They are pretty docile.

You haven't watched that Arachnophobia movie... have ya?

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Before I changed dorms, my roommate had a tarantula he put at the head of my bed. It terrified me.

Where did you hide his body? (your rommate, not the innocent spider).

Funny story. This was the roommate that I got into a huge fight with. So I take the spider, put it in the girls only hall and watch the hilarity insue. He got found out by the RA and got his housing terminated for bringing in a dangerous animal to the dorm

 Soladrin wrote:
How is this even news... That species has been around for ages...

I know a couple of people who have/had them as pets.. They are pretty docile.

The people, of course they are. Any sudden movement and its fang sucking time for them.


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 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Funny story. This was the roommate that I got into a huge fight with. So I take the spider, put it in the girls only hall and watch the hilarity insue. He got found out by the RA and got his housing terminated for bringing in a dangerous animal to the dorm

Sounds like a giant heaping teaspoon of JUSTICE to me.

There is a major lack of camel spiders in this thread

 Frazzled wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
How is this even news... That species has been around for ages...

I know a couple of people who have/had them as pets.. They are pretty docile.

The people, of course they are. Any sudden movement and its fang sucking time for them.


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 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Funny story. This was the roommate that I got into a huge fight with. So I take the spider, put it in the girls only hall and watch the hilarity insue. He got found out by the RA and got his housing terminated for bringing in a dangerous animal to the dorm

Sounds like a giant heaping teaspoon of JUSTICE to me.

Meh, they will give you a bad wound yeah, it's not like it'll kill you.

First one to cast my vote to burning down every forest ever.

 Soladrin wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
How is this even news... That species has been around for ages...

I know a couple of people who have/had them as pets.. They are pretty docile.

The people, of course they are. Any sudden movement and its fang sucking time for them.


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 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Funny story. This was the roommate that I got into a huge fight with. So I take the spider, put it in the girls only hall and watch the hilarity insue. He got found out by the RA and got his housing terminated for bringing in a dangerous animal to the dorm

Sounds like a giant heaping teaspoon of JUSTICE to me.

Meh, they will give you a bad wound yeah, it's not like it'll kill you.

Uh oh!

We got ourselves a badass over here!

 Alpharius wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
How is this even news... That species has been around for ages...

I know a couple of people who have/had them as pets.. They are pretty docile.

The people, of course they are. Any sudden movement and its fang sucking time for them.


Automatically Appended Next Post:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Funny story. This was the roommate that I got into a huge fight with. So I take the spider, put it in the girls only hall and watch the hilarity insue. He got found out by the RA and got his housing terminated for bringing in a dangerous animal to the dorm

Sounds like a giant heaping teaspoon of JUSTICE to me.

Meh, they will give you a bad wound yeah, it's not like it'll kill you.

Uh oh!

We got ourselves a badass over here!

No, you don't.

You have someone who actually has experience housing "creepy crawlies". The reason I get annoyed at this kind of sensationalist nonsense is because it's the very same thing that's helping things like sharks and the like to quick extinction. Fear mongering over harmless animals is something I loathe.

I do believe putting a goliath spider in your bed qualifies you for the Texas "he needed killin your honor" defense...

There is only one spider that you can like. Jumping Spiders.

The rest? May they burn along with anywhere they occupy. House? Acceptable collateral.

For some reason, I think these huge spiders are less scary than smaller ones. It is probably because these big ones will have a hard time sneaking up on you

I am so glad I live in boring England where the only thing we need to worry about is a badly treated staffie biting you or the chav that owns it.

 Soladrin wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:


Uh oh!

We got ourselves a badass over here!

No, you don't.

You have someone who actually has experience housing "creepy crawlies". The reason I get annoyed at this kind of sensationalist nonsense is because it's the very same thing that's helping things like sharks and the like to quick extinction. Fear mongering over harmless animals is something I loathe.

This.

Stupid people go into environments that they are not accustomed to and then have the audacity to blame the animals when they are injured.

Australia recently killing two great whites because some donkey-cave got his arms bitten off? That's what happens when you swim in the same waters as a super-predator that sees you having the same silhouette as its prey.

These animals are fascinating. I wouldn't want to get up close to one, but thankfully it's quite easy to avoid them.

You know what helps with peeing a little? Priapism

And here to help is our friend in nature, the Brazilian wandering spider!


'Ello!