http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24540399-5009760,00.html
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee321/southernnolabell/Spider.jpg)
I just screamed, threw up a little in my mouth , now im choking. Thanks.
Thats a big spider,didnt realize their web could be that strong, poor bird. :(
Great, I'm deathly afriad of them bitches, now this. Thanks azzhole!
Whoa! Where's the BB gun to take that thing out of commission?
ME TOO, so I just had to post it... jeesh I am going to have nightmares tonight!
Quote from: thelakelander on October 23, 2008, 07:45:34 PM
Whoa! Where's the BB gun to take that thing out of commission?
might need a .22
I hate spiders. I would definitely shoot that sucker.
Australia has some of the world's most f'ed up creatures. They also have some of the most venomous insects and reptiles in the world.
That said, beautiful country and the people couldn't be nicer. Won't stop me from going back to Cairns though. That is a fun little town.
Holy cow!! You wouldn't want to walk into that sucker in the middle of the night.
Quote from: Keith-N-Jax on October 23, 2008, 07:39:16 PM
Thats a big spider,didnt realize their web could be that strong, poor bird. :(
I've read that spider web has a tensile strenght greater than steel. Pound for pound I'd say its some of the strongest stuff on the planet.
Here are a couple links... 5 times the strength of steel!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_silk
http://www.earthlife.net/chelicerata/silk.html
Some more pics...
That thing is flippin huge!
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/10/22/easpider122.jpg)
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics/2008/10/22/easpider122a.jpg)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/10/22/easpider122.xml
This is the biggest spider though...
"The Goliath Bird Eater"
(http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/biggest/image2.JPG)
http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/biggest/spider.html
I know you spider haters are loving this stuff!! ;D ;D
What makes this especially disturbing that unlike the tarantula posted above (though, they don't really eat birds unless it's wounded on the ground, they usually eat frogs, snakes and mice), these orb weavers aren't the type of spiders you'd associate with going after such large prey, they're cousins of the big orb weavers we have here (my family's always called them banana spiders), and even at a much smaller size their webs are amazingly strong.
Yeah, I know the strength of the Banana Spider webs all to well....They're great fun to walk into when your cutting grass.
Quote from: Jason on October 27, 2008, 05:23:49 PM
Yeah, I know the strength of the Banana Spider webs all to well....They're great fun to walk into when your cutting grass.
Not to mention the embarrasement of running across the yard waving your hands an screaming like a little girl........ not to say I k now anything about that ;D
Quote from: civil42806 on October 27, 2008, 07:46:55 PM
Quote from: Jason on October 27, 2008, 05:23:49 PM
Yeah, I know the strength of the Banana Spider webs all to well....They're great fun to walk into when your cutting grass.
Not to mention the embarrasement of running across the yard waving your hands an screaming like a little girl........ not to say I k now anything about that ;D
So that was you?? :D
Heh, yeah that was me too! ;D
After a few incedents I got smart and started doing a quick walkthrough of the yard with a stick to knock down the webs. That will save you a TON of embarassment! ;D
I really want this post to stop showing up in my new replies to my posts. Its creeping me out.
Bump ;D
I hate you for that. LOL
bump !!
Quote from: RiversideGator on October 23, 2008, 11:14:49 PM
I hate spiders. I would definitely shoot that sucker.
It's not spiders fault you are affraid of them.
Here you go (Jason #2) ;D
(http://thewildones.faketrix.com/content/pictures/page-11/large/giant-spider-in-back-yard-eating-lizard.jpg)
EW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Family resemblance...?
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:WLisr3HkgcMFMM:http://eyecube.files.wordpress)
HAHA!
Quote from: Jason on October 30, 2008, 12:47:36 PM
Here you go (Jason #2) ;D
(http://thewildones.faketrix.com/content/pictures/page-11/large/giant-spider-in-back-yard-eating-lizard.jpg)
Jeebus.
Looks like a damn face-hugger from Alien.
Does anyone know if they're edible? Maybe we can ask "Survivorman?" :-X
I think the spider pics scared JC away.... :)
Holy Shizznit... For sure id have a heart attack if I came up on any of the 3 of these creatures...I dont care who spotted me running and screaming like a little girl , I friggin hate spiders.
Spiders are fascinating and some are beautifully colored. Take a look at some of the little jumping spiders you have in your house with a magnifying class. They are like little jewels.
Saw one of the huge bird-eaters in Townsville (also in Queensland just south of Cairns) and spent forty minutes watching it eat a really huge moth. Absolutely freaked out some of the people I was with. Australia has some really BIG insects.
Once in Southern Mexico I saw a small boy in the park with a bump running around under his shirt. When I pointed and asked what it was, he pulled on a string that had a big, furry, handsome tarantula tied to the other end. He was keeping it as a pet.
I love messing with the furry little jumping spiders. When you poke a stick at them they throw up their front legs to make themselves look meaner. Plus they're really cool looking.
Who couldn't love these funny faces?
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/SWZo7yDmjgI/AAAAAAAAD6o/I0ywaRgrjdk/s400/jumping+spider+eyes+4.jpg)
(http://mattmorgan.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d646d53ef010536daa423970b-400wi)
(http://www.ski.org/Vision/Eyepage/Images/jumping_spiderB.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Dimorphic_Jumping_Spider.jpg)
(http://smithbeachwood.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/giant-spiders-men-into-girls-demotivational-poster.jpg)
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