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Post by BishounenStalker » Mon Apr 14, 2003 6:49 am

God you guys are wusses. Squeamish over a few spiders? Unless they're freaking Amazon Rainforest spiders that literally get to be the size of dinner plates, a measily spider is nothing a well-placed shoe won't fix.
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Post by klinky » Mon Apr 14, 2003 6:55 am

Those Rainforest spiders setup webs to catch birds....


FUCKIN' BIRDS PEOPLE!

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Post by El Banana » Mon Apr 14, 2003 6:56 am

Ah, the huge insects. Reminds me of home (Amazon Rainforest ^_^)
I like bugging people. Deal with it.

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Post by Wykith » Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:26 am

*shudders*
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Post by fyrtenheimer » Mon Apr 14, 2003 8:42 am

klinky wrote:Those Rainforest spiders setup webs to catch birds....


FUCKIN' BIRDS PEOPLE!


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Post by Alucard_FoN » Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:25 pm

That spider NME... what sort is it? You have any idea? It's pretty big.

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Post by Lyrs » Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:28 pm

Spiders are kinda cute and i wouldn't mind getting bitten if i somehow get super spider powers.

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Post by EarthCurrent » Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:50 pm

Alucard_FoN wrote:That spider NME... what sort is it? You have any idea? It's pretty big.
It is a fine looking example of the giant crab spider.

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Post by Koopiskeva » Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:52 pm

earthcurrent wrote:
Alucard_FoN wrote:That spider NME... what sort is it? You have any idea? It's pretty big.
It is a fine looking example of the giant crab spider.
Crab? or starfish? .. on the beach :shock:
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Post by jonmartensen » Mon Apr 14, 2003 1:58 pm

Crab.
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The giant crab spider, Heteropoda venatoria (L.), sometimes called the huntsman spider or the banana spider (due to its occasional appearance in marketed bananas), is a cosmotropical species introduced into and now occurring in the U.S., in subtropical areas of Florida, Texas, and California. It is presumed to have been introduced from Asia, where many of its closest relatives live (Gertsch 1948). It has sometimes been mistaken for a large brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch and Mulaik, family Loxoscelidae), a poisonous spider, but it is neither related nor is it dangerous. Some authors place this spider in the family Heteropodidae, due to the uncertainty of the name Sparassidae

In Florida, H. venatoria may be distinguished from other large, cursorial spiders by its flattened brown body and the black spots around the macrosetae on the legs. In warm weather, it may be found in and about human habitations; in cold weather it will be found indoors, under furniture or cabinets, behind wall hangings, and in closets and garages. It is not a dangerous spider, but a locally painful bite can be delivered to any human who carelessly handles a giant crab spider.

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And while talking about giant crab spiders....The giant spider crab is pretty cool also.
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It lives in the cold waters off the coast of Japan. I can see where some of those tales of sea monsters came from.
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