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Just reading through and looking at all the reactions of spiders made me think....why are people scared of them, when as all those 'butch' people say, 'Why get so scared of something so small'.

I personally hate them, but just wonderin' why it is they're so feared?

Good topic btw

DJ Tiesto...who knows what that animal will pull, start throwin rekkids at u like they're some damn frisbees

rofl@ these hilarious vids.

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Originally posted by kadomony thats a bite from a brown recluse spider :P

The same image shows up on Camel Spider and Brown Recluse spider. Dunno which one's correct.

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Originally posted by medinaM5 start throwin rekkids at u like they're some damn frisbees

that would be sasha

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Originally posted by Omega_M The same image shows up on Camel Spider and Brown Recluse spider. Dunno which one's correct. [IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k157/omega_m/spider.jpg[IMG]

Brown Recluse spiders have a violin shaped marking on their abdomen. And they live in the US

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Originally posted by D-res why would you move the glove around? it would irritate the ants more. maybe you havent seen that show before but believe me, the guys dont fake shit

If I were them, I'd impulsively throw the glove off my hand !! I don't know how one can keep the hand still when it's flaming like hell. But they do show the swollen hand afterwards. So, really dunno. Most probably, the stings weren't that painful. Which is also doubful, cause ant bites are seriously painful.

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Originally posted by D-res that would be sasha

That's what I found for "Sasha":



I can't say that I'm afraid it

I'd go with this one, just at its regular size:

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Originally posted by Inconspicuous I'd go with this one, just at its regular size:

to be afraid of that thing, u'd have to live under water.

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Originally posted by Inconspicuous I'd go with this one, just at its regular size:

mmm

It looks delicious

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Originally posted by Omega_M to be afraid of that thing, u'd have to live under water.

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Originally posted by airmartin Just reading through and looking at all the reactions of spiders made me think....why are people scared of them, when as all those 'butch' people say, 'Why get so scared of something so small'. I personally hate them, but just wonderin' why it is they're so feared?

It's a learned response, not something that's rationally thought out. Most people who have a phobia of spiders have learned it from a parent, friend or peer. Most arachnophobes do realize that spiders are harmless. Their response is completely automatic, and rational thought can't overwrite it.

A few centuries back, there were a bunch of plagues in north-western europe, and spiders were often (and innacurately) blamed for carrying these diseases. As a result, most people who lived in the affected villages had learned to avoid spiders at all costs. One theory is that arachnophobia is simply a residue of those villager's fears that have been transfered from parent to child over the course of several generations, and in the process have transfered themselves from originally being rational reactions to automatic responses (because children learn by immitating their parents' behaviors).

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Originally posted by Aquarian It's a learned response, not something that's rationally thought out. Most people who have a phobia of spiders have learned it from a parent, friend or peer. Most arachnophobes do realize that spiders are harmless. Their response is completely automatic, and rational thought can't overwrite it. A few centuries back, there were a bunch of plagues in north-western europe, and spiders were often (and innacurately) blamed for carrying these diseases. As a result, most people who lived in the affected villages had learned to avoid spiders at all costs. One theory is that arachnophobia is simply a residue of those villager's fears that have been transfered from parent to child over the course of several generations, and in the process have transfered themselves from originally being rational reactions to automatic responses (because children learn by immitating their parents' behaviors).

nice explanation. It is called "Cultural evolution".

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Originally posted by Aquarian It's a learned response, not something that's rationally thought out. Most people who have a phobia of spiders have learned it from a parent, friend or peer. Most arachnophobes do realize that spiders are harmless. Their response is completely automatic, and rational thought can't overwrite it. A few centuries back, there were a bunch of plagues in north-western europe, and spiders were often (and innacurately) blamed for carrying these diseases. As a result, most people who lived in the affected villages had learned to avoid spiders at all costs. One theory is that arachnophobia is simply a residue of those villager's fears that have been transfered from parent to child over the course of several generations, and in the process have transfered themselves from originally being rational reactions to automatic responses (because children learn by immitating their parents' behaviors).

That was very nicely put.

I know it's a little off topic, but still in the field of life size animals wouldn't you love to ride this fella to work

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Originally posted by airmartin That was very nicely put. I know it's a little off topic, but still in the field of life size animals wouldn't you love to ride this fella to work

have phun.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by airmartin
That was very nicely put.

I know it's a little off topic, but still in the field of life size animals wouldn't you love to ride this fella to work
http://www.hotzeltopf.de/albums/Ter...Chameleon_1.jpg

I used to have one...pretty cool...You'd need rabbit-sized crickets to feed it, though.

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Originally posted by Inconspicuous I used to have one...pretty cool...You'd need rabbit-sized crickets to feed it, though.

Have you got a picture of one of thos bad boy crickets?

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Originally posted by airmartin Have you got a picture of one of thos bad boy crickets?

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Originally posted by kadomony

This cricket looks massive!

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles

lol isopod

Giant Hornet Bee (note its size)



Amazingly aggressive creature. Saw an interesting episode on Animal Planet called Buddha Bees and the Giant Hornet Queen.

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Buddha, Bees and the Giant Hornet Queen� is the title of a fascinating documentary that aired on Wednesday evening, on BBC 2 . The programme followed the life of a Japanese Giant Hornet Queen as she established a hornet colony; the colony went on to launch a military style attack on a bee-hive kept by commercial bee keepers. Over the course of a few hours, around 30,000 honey-bees were massacred by a mere handful of hornet soldiers. It wasn�t a battle, but a killing field. And why was the carnage so one-sided? The bees in question were western honey-bees, introduced by the bee-keepers because they have much higher honey production than domestic honey bees. However, because these bees had never been exposed to such a predator before, they were totally defenceless when attacked. In contrast, a local bee-keeping monk kept a hive of domestic honey bees, and when a soldier hornet came knocking on this hive, the bees knew the drill. They patiently waited for the hornet to enter the hive and then attacked, smothering the hornet in a bee ball (see picture), and literally cooking the hornet to death.

I might add, the hornets came back the next day and wiped out the domestic honey bees.

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