I do not mind spider's as long as they stay outside! 
Actually it is fascinating to watch them at work!
Actually it is fascinating to watch them at work!
Giant spiders invade Australian Outback town
- Thread starter Big Don
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Thank you!! The irony had not escaped me either. :lfao:
And for the record, I don't think they're cute.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
if you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth. 
I’m not a big fan of spiders; I tend to squash them if I find them in the house but if outside I leave them alone if they leave me alone. However as already mentioned, a spider this size is why they make shotguns. Actually my first wife wanted to buy a pet tarantula and I forget how much the cost at the time but I told her it was an awful lot of money to pay for a dead bug because I would load up the shotgun and kill it.
Here is more info by the way on the Australian creepy crawly...with nasty, big, pointy teeth
And surprisingly it is not the biggest Australia has to offer
This is not the biggest in the world….this one is
I’m not a big fan of spiders; I tend to squash them if I find them in the house but if outside I leave them alone if they leave me alone. However as already mentioned, a spider this size is why they make shotguns. Actually my first wife wanted to buy a pet tarantula and I forget how much the cost at the time but I told her it was an awful lot of money to pay for a dead bug because I would load up the shotgun and kill it.
Here is more info by the way on the Australian creepy crawly...with nasty, big, pointy teeth
And surprisingly it is not the biggest Australia has to offer
This is not the biggest in the world….this one is
Chris Parker
Grandmaster
Love the Python too...
Oh, and if anyone wants some fun, try googling "Camel Spiders"... go on, dare you.
Oh, and if anyone wants some fun, try googling "Camel Spiders"... go on, dare you.
Why, oh WHY must I be unable to refuse a dare? Iraq is now permanently off my list of vacation spots. <shudder>
Chris Parker
Grandmaster
Aww, I almost feel bad about that, you're running out of holiday destinations...
How about this? New Zealand. Next door to us here in Australia, but totally devoid of venomous spiders and snakes. Very pretty too. I had a New Zealander as a housemate for a while, he never could get used to how many things here could kill him that he had never encountered growing up...
How about this? New Zealand. Next door to us here in Australia, but totally devoid of venomous spiders and snakes. Very pretty too. I had a New Zealander as a housemate for a while, he never could get used to how many things here could kill him that he had never encountered growing up...
One of our students went to Iraq with her regiment and as she was the 'cage fighter she was the one the guys ( roughie toughie infantry soldiers) let fight off the camel spiders.
In the UK we have 14 native species of spider who bite but beyond swelling and reddening there's no other damage so no deaths no even from allergies. I like spiders too, always put them outside if they are in the house, we have some quite big ones as we live in the country. We do worry about camel spiders though funnily enough as we also live on the garrison where they may have stowed away in the army kit and have entered 'illegally'. there's been poisonous spiders found on imported bananas though around the country though it's rare.
Thems Fighting Words
Green Belt
Cockroaches are my second favorite animal, after crocodiles. Oh well, living in Queensland, I have nothing against big spiders, its the little poisonous ones like red backs that I don't like.
teekin
3rd Black Belt
Xue, if it has big, pointy teeth you're supposed to use the Holy Hand Grenade. And count to three...not to two.. the count shall be three.
I love Monty Python references.
Dude, I'm with you. I Still believe that there are few problems that can't be solved with the sufficient application of C-4. Camel Spiders are a very good example, red fire ants, not so much.:bomb::lol:
lori
mook jong man
Senior Master
Being a Queenslander , have you ever seen the Aussie native cockroaches , they are supposed to be the worlds heaviest cockroach at up to 35 grams or 1.2 oz .
I saw one in a petshop down here in Sydney , I couldn't believe the size of it , apparently some people like to keep them as pets.
Thems Fighting Words
Green Belt
Yeah I've seen a few Queensland cockroaches which are said to be the bulkiest in the world. Not in the wild though, just in museums and displays at shopping centers. I think they look great, like trilobites. Here's a link to an Aussie roach site so people don't think we only have spiders, cus we also have beaut roaches: http://natureitems.blogspot.com/2006/11/australian-cockroaches-can-be.html
Senjojutsu
Blue Belt
Some mind droppings from me when I read this story.
The 1990 Movie, ARACHNOPHOBIA's Tagline:
Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude.
I wonder if this song made the Australian hit parade back in 1974?
"SPIDERS AND SNAKES" by JIM STAFFORD - 1974 - Chorus:
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I wanna be loved by you
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"The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout."
MAYBE NOT IN THIS CASE.
It was only AFTER I had gotten home from my two-week Sydney visit
that I found out about NSW venomous eight-legged natives.
DOH!
The 1990 Movie, ARACHNOPHOBIA's Tagline:
Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude.
I wonder if this song made the Australian hit parade back in 1974?
"SPIDERS AND SNAKES" by JIM STAFFORD - 1974 - Chorus:
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I wanna be loved by you
--------------------------------------
"The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout."
MAYBE NOT IN THIS CASE.
It was only AFTER I had gotten home from my two-week Sydney visit
that I found out about NSW venomous eight-legged natives.
DOH!
OP
OP
Big Don
Sr. Grandmaster
Shoot Tez, it isn't much comfort seeing pictures of them...
OK, I googled this just to be sure. For what small comfort this is worth, the ruler in that photo is marked in centimeters, not inches! The Australian eastern tarantula is a big'un and its body can reach 6 cm. in length, or nearly 2.5 inches. The legs can stretch out to over 16 cm or about 6.5 inches.
Still, like most Yanks, my first thought was that the ruler was marked in inches, meaning that that these spiders, legs and all, would be over 16 inches long, apparently surviving on a diet of chihuahuas and stray cats!
BTW, I'm from Arizona and used to spend the summers out on my Grandad's ranch. What you Aussies call a "station", I believe. Now we don't have anything near as venemous as you guys, but we do have scorpions, centipedes, and widow-spiders, recluse spiders, "hualapai tiger" bugs, desert tarantulas (a good deal smaller than that beastie in the picture), velvet ants, rattlers and a few other nasties too. Oh and we've also got a smaller version of that "camel-spider" thingie. We call it a "sun-spider" or solpugid. Uh-ugly! Anyway, the ranch was sold in back '94, and now I live in the middle of civilization... if you can call it that (Phoenix). But I still shake out my shoes, hard, every day before I put them on. And stories like this don't help!!!
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ArmorOfGod
Senior Master
Chris Parker
Grandmaster
See, now, if I start saying that Golden Orbs are incredibly pretty, it's just going to be me again, isn't it?
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