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Originally posted by nchs09 I thought when you got bit by a black widow, you just swolle up and thats it. I remember ewan mcgregor (sp?) got bitten by one and he just carried on in his bike documentary.

Plenty of those here too. Only the females are venomous but I don't really think they're deadly these days if the bite is treated quickly enough but yeah they're still nasty looking little ******s.
Funnel webs are around although they aren't all that common but believe me, you don't want to get bitten by one of them, far worse than the black widow from what I've heard.
I remember a friend of mine that somehow illegally smuggled one of those bird eating tarantulas into the country only to lose it a short time later! Just hope it didn't have a chance to reproduce and find more of them getting around. That's a bit scary.

Black widows and funnel webs are still deadly. The difference being that (iirc) with a black widow you have an hour or two to get anti venom. With a funnel web it's minutes before the toxin sends every muscle into shock and you die from it.

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Originally posted by whiskers i had to.

Sick photoshop

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Originally posted by Fledz Sick photoshop

It's real. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_crab

I didn't know they were that bloody big!

I wonder how they taste in a nice stew?

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Originally posted by Fledz I didn't know they were that bloody big! I wonder how they taste in a nice stew?

The spiders or the crab??

Guess one of Sweden's positive sides with the crap-weather is that we don't get monstrosities like those.

However, couldn't help lookin on the floor once or twice after seeing the pics

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Originally posted by Teezdalien The spiders or the crab??

The crab

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Originally posted by PaulSn However, couldn't help lookin on the floor once or twice after seeing the pics

erm.................ok

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Sick photoshop

it's not a photoshop.

that's a robber crab, native to Christmas island which is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. I'm a third generation Christmas Islander, my parents and grand parents use to eat those but now they're protected. If you're wondering they're a land crab and they eat coconut pith and other debris in the jungle. Although I've seen one in a banana tree eating bananas once.




If you're interested you can see more pictures of crabs and what Christmas Island looks like in general at my wife's shutterfly:
http://erikophotos.shutterfly.com/

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Originally posted by Fpcookie oi cvnt i get spiders in my house all the time. they can get in through the tinest cracks. mostly just get standard huntsmen. still creepy though

lol, yeah me too. Must be a non-melbourne thing! I hardly see any apart from daddy long-legs, which are far from scary and very occasionally a huntsmen. Everyone's making it out as if these spiders are everywhere

But in saying that daddy long-legs eat other spiders, so if they're around I guess other spiders are around too =/

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Originally posted by wick But in saying that daddy long-legs eat other spiders, so if they're around I guess other spiders are around too =/

I always heard that Daddy-Long-Legs spiders were quite venomous, but have tiny teeth/injectors/whateverthefuckthey'recalled so they aren't an issue for humans? As in, they can't breach our skin?

Urban myth?

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Originally posted by Sushipunk I always heard that Daddy-Long-Legs spiders were quite venomous, but have tiny teeth/injectors/whateverthefuckthey'recalled so they aren't an issue for humans? As in, they can't breach our skin? Urban myth?

True....

Disclaimer: I may be lying

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Originally posted by Fledz True.... Disclaimer: I may be lying

FALSE!

Wut?

I've heard that on average, a person eats 8 spider's throughout their lifetime while they are asleep. Dunno if that's really true though!

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Originally posted by Sushipunk I always heard that Daddy-Long-Legs spiders were quite venomous, but have tiny teeth/injectors/whateverthefuckthey'recalled so they aren't an issue for humans? As in, they can't breach our skin? Urban myth?

Ricky Gervais said so in his standup show "Animals".

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Originally posted by Teezdalien I've heard that on average, a person eats 8 spider's throughout their lifetime while they are asleep. Dunno if that's really true though!

Myth. http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp


Daddy long legs are not poisonous: http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.asp



Also, Japanese crabs ftw

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Originally posted by Teezdalien I've heard that on average, a person eats 8 spider's throughout their lifetime while they are asleep. Dunno if that's really true though!

I've heard that statistic too, many times. Only thing is, statistics like this are bullshit. Some idiot makes it up and then it becomes "fact". How could this possibly be measured? Has a scientist monitored 100 people for every night's sleep they have had throughout their whole life and tabulated the results? No.

we get heaps of daddy long legs in my place, some huntsmen too. sometimes when you try to catch one you miss and take out a leg or two but the spider keeps going hehe. seen a couple of red tails while gardening but im usually pretty careful, never really been in a position to get bitten. i sometimes worry about it though hehe

OMFG you guys have to chick this out: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ma...easpider122.xml

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Originally posted by Adam420 OMFG you guys have to chick this out: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ma...easpider122.xml

That's the same type of spider that was in my yard!

The article is wrong though, it's not a Golden Orb spider.

insane.

I think it is a type of orb spider. same as the banana spider in florida.

lol i love it when you get huntsmen in cars. oh funny times.

Yeah I just saw that spider eating the bird on another news site



http://www.news.com.au/story/0,2359...5009760,00.html

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