Check out what I just found in my room... [Archive]

CragFrag

21st August 2005, 02:37

Originally posted by Neon
so they live in houses? what were they called before houses were invented ? eh EH ?

They sat on street corners saying to catapillers and worms; "spare a penny for the homeless?".

Pingman

21st August 2005, 19:26

jesus titty ****ign christ

lucky i didn't find that, be out the room faster than you coud say

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhgggggggggggggggggg!

no friends

21st August 2005, 19:32

i had one just a bit smaller above my bed for about 2 weeks. Really cool to see it wrap up flies and cacoon them. quality shizz :):p:

shadow03

21st August 2005, 20:19

i just had one of those things crawling up my thigh....practically on my man stick:sconf: :(

although this spider had a thicker body.

Lucifa

22nd August 2005, 06:29

Originally posted by no friends
i had one just a bit smaller above my bed for about 2 weeks. Really cool to see it wrap up flies and cacoon them. quality shizz :):p:

You won't be saying that when it EATS YOUR FACE.

Cabe

22nd August 2005, 12:05

I had to call in an airstrike on a big one the other day, the body was about the size of my thumb, the damn thing threw the shoe back!

pos

22nd August 2005, 13:20

i used to get them like that in Hereford, because we live across the road from the racecourse there. Alot of greenery = big ass spiders... there is of course this:
http://www.foxies.nl/images/camel_spider_web.jpg
in Iraq

note: that is two camel spiders together, not one!

her0n

22nd August 2005, 13:22

wasn't there some debate over that photo? something about the perspective or whatnot...

Cheez

22nd August 2005, 13:34

Yeah its a forced perspective shot. Same technique they use in films to make people look shorter or taller. I mean don't get me wrong they're big spiders. But not THAT big.

Snopes to the rescue: http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

pos

22nd August 2005, 13:51

Read the site you just now linked....

"Camel spiders can grow to be as large as dinner plates"

The website is disputing the description of them, claiming that they are flesh eating etc etc...

It actually confirms that they are that big, just not as dangerous as people make out.

They actually have counselling sessions for soldiers out in iraq to deal with the fear of these creatures.

JeRkY

22nd August 2005, 14:36

if you read more carefully it states it is a myth that they grow to dinner plate size. Further down it says they are only 5-6" accross the leg.

Semajal

22nd August 2005, 14:56

google largest spider in the world sorted that argument. Quickly able to tell its not quite true to life.

pos

22nd August 2005, 15:20

depends on the size of your dinner plate eh? ;)
Exe received an email the other day with a video of one on a wall, chewing up a lizard. That one was pretty big, i'll see if he has it and post a link.

Still wouldnt want to meet one on a dark night, would you?

Lucifa

22nd August 2005, 16:03

The most important thing to note about the camel spiders (apart from the fact they don't live here THANK ****) is that they aren't spiders.

But they do, and I quote, "live on a diet of human faces."

Swyft

22nd August 2005, 16:06

a face full of wing wong

Murray-Mint

22nd August 2005, 16:55

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2002/20020607l.gif

sh0ckwave

22nd August 2005, 17:49

must be the season for these things... this was perched atop my clothes this morning!
http://www.valhalla.eclipse.co.uk/spider.jpg

probably got knocked out by my stinky socks or something :)

Cheez

22nd August 2005, 18:41

Your ruler appears to have a typo, it says CM but I'm really really hoping that's actually MM.

Sunderer

22nd August 2005, 18:51

I went to Africa on a safari back in my teens and by golly I saw some FAT spiders out there. The kinda things that cling to the side of your tent...

Im not a spider person at all.....they say human beings are naturally phobic to anything with 8 legs. 8 legs = poison.

andyf

22nd August 2005, 19:16

WUUHAAAAAAAARGH STOP POSTING PICTURES OF SPIDERS goddamnit

Ryvita

22nd August 2005, 19:33

alternatively... you could stop reading this thread. or am i missing something?

Ryv

Drarok

23rd August 2005, 14:02

I don't think the camel spider one is forced perspective at all. You can see the guys hand and sleeve in the top right corner, giving perspective... :confused:

Either way, they're mean little buggers, can eat scorpions!

her0n

23rd August 2005, 14:16

I think the idea is that naturally people will compare the spider with the pair of legs behind it.. thus making it appear to be a HUGE MOTHER of a spider.. :O

QBlank

24th August 2005, 13:18

How many other people looked up and checked the ceiling/corners of the room while reading this thread? :(

shadow03

24th August 2005, 13:21

i didnt, but i did remove my legs from under my desk and give them a good itch, i just tend to get really itchy when i see pics like that.

Drarok

24th August 2005, 14:24

You'll love this, then:

http://www.natsci.org/images/Images/Mexican%20Fireleg%20Tarantula%20.JPG

Optimus

24th August 2005, 14:51

If it weren't for the venom, biting and immense fear of death, i'd cuddle tarantulas... They're so fluffy...

Lucifa

24th August 2005, 20:23

**** **** ****** **** **** **** **** **** **** ******** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** drarok!!!

Becky

24th August 2005, 21:58

lol, my feet went onto the desk as well, i have nowt against spiders, big small furry or not, but those camel spiders were just a little freaky :S

Er00

25th August 2005, 12:16

Originally posted by Optimus
If it weren't for the venom, biting and immense fear of death, i'd cuddle tarantulas... They're so fluffy...

Ditto, I have been known to stroke bumble bees in the past avctually...they feel all velvety :)

Drarok

25th August 2005, 12:17

Then it stung you and died...

MURDERER!!!

¬_¬

AcidIce

25th August 2005, 17:24

found this on my brother's wall the other day, not huge, but not exactly teeny and cute...

http://jericho.oneiria.co.uk/images/dump/bigfospider.png

Optimus

25th August 2005, 17:47

Did you ask it nicely to sit still as you drew the box around it and measured it?

Good spider!

AcidIce

25th August 2005, 17:57

no, held a very small digital camera next to it when taking photo, then measured that and photoshopped the box on, thilly 8L)

RocketKnight

25th August 2005, 21:12

Are you mad!?!? They can jump! I hear they go straight for the jugular...

AcidIce

25th August 2005, 21:16

Originally posted by RocketKnight
Are you mad!?!? They can jump! I hear they go straight for the jugular...

i like to live on the edge

banger

31st August 2005, 03:46

http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/camel spiders (http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/)

Camel spiders are not spiders. They are sometimes called "wind scorpions" but they are not scorpions either. They are a different species of arthropod called solipugids which are not venomous or have silk-making capacity. The name 'camel spider' may come from their often being found on corpses of camels which has lead to the myth that they actually can kill camels. In truth, they will use the body of a camel to prey upon other insects that gather around carrion. Also, it has been said that the camel spider will use the hair it collects to build a nest. Whether or not it will use human hair collected from sleeping soldiers is also not confirmed.

pos

31st August 2005, 08:00

but they jump!

mikey655

31st August 2005, 08:32

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=51536

This one could cover a dinner plate...

Drarok

31st August 2005, 10:33

WHOOOAAAA!!!!

Those guys are AWESOME!!!
http://markmlucas.com/images/invertabrates/goliath%205.jpg

pos

31st August 2005, 11:03

yeah that thing would hurt if it bit you

Optimus

31st August 2005, 22:26

well don't poke it with a stick then...

Aardvark

31st August 2005, 22:34

Tarantulas are merely like 8 legged hamsters. It's the random little buggers that sneak up on you that I don't like.

no friends

1st September 2005, 10:08

http://www.immediart.com/catalog/images/big_images/SPL_R_Z430460-Boy_with_a_tarantula-SPL.jpg

weeeeeeeeeeeee

pos

1st September 2005, 10:45

pictures of tarantulas i can deal with, its the actual movement of the buggers, its when u see their legs moving softly towards you, sneaking up on you. thats when i scream and run away

Drarok

1st September 2005, 11:11

Heh. You'd love what I saw in a pet shop once then.

A tarantula had shed/lost it's leg, and the leg was bolt upright in it's water bowl, bending and straightening.

The tarantula was on the other side of the tank. CREEPY!

Cabe

1st September 2005, 13:12

http://www.gibnet.gi/~gonhs/Alectoris/issue1/

seen more than one of them in my time there.

pos

1st September 2005, 14:21

eeeew to both of you

[NZ]Rubberducky

1st September 2005, 17:30

Think yourself lucky it wasn't one of THESE (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4201634.stm)

[TFU]Shakey

7th September 2005, 11:47

/me shudders

her0n

19th September 2005, 23:34

I found another one this eve, lying in wait for me outside the door to this room. I cba making a picture of it, cos its exactly like the one at the beginning of this thread. So.. just look at that again ;)

Boffykins

20th September 2005, 07:29

I was reading in bed last night when I saw one of the big ones scuttle across the floor. I went and squished it with a shoe, and squished it good. Carried on reading, and about an hour later went to turn light off and the spider had gone.I'd completely mangled this thing, it looked like he was doing yoga. And yet he'd hit Release Spirit and res'd and then buggered off. Surprised I got to sleep tbh

TelexStar

20th September 2005, 07:40

Is it stuck to the bottom of your shoe?

Squeeb

20th September 2005, 08:58

Originally posted by Optimus
If it weren't for the venom, biting and immense fear of death, i'd cuddle tarantulas... They're so fluffy...

It's still UGLY AS SIN though..

Squeeb

20th September 2005, 09:02

http://www.bugspray.net/pictures/jonspid.jpg
I'd be more scared if this thing rolled up next to me :/

Leni

20th September 2005, 10:36

Originally posted by squeeb
It's still UGLY AS SIN though..

they r not ugly!! there cute. i wanted 1 but mum wouldnt let me. saying that you should c the spider on my ceiling atm. its probly just under 5 cm. i tried to get my dad to get it down cos i didnt want it above my bed but the wuss refused to do it! i would have done it myself but i cant reach so its still there.:mad:

WeeJ

20th September 2005, 12:30

her0n, you're bloody brave for catching the thing and not chucking it out the window!

Come to think of it, when someone catches a spider and throws it out the window, does the spider survive or does it splat on the floor?

Leni

20th September 2005, 12:40

Originally posted by WeeJ
her0n, you're bloody brave for catching the thing and not chucking it out the window!

Come to think of it, when someone catches a spider and throws it out the window, does the spider survive or does it splat on the floor?

hmm i should say splat or die of cold

Ryvita

20th September 2005, 13:39

Unfortunately it will be fine. :(

Falling damage (as well as being a % of Hit points :p) is related to size...

Here comes the science bit.

Mass is related to volume, given that density is fairly constant for all creatures. (We're basically all water - birds are a bit lighter because they have bubbly bones) Volume increases with linear size to the third power (length cubed).

The damage you take on hitting the ground will be related to how much wind resistance you encounter on the way down, and the size of the area that contacts the ground. Both of these are related to area, which increases with linear size to the second power (length squared)

So, mass gets bigger quicker than area and bigger things take more falling damage than small things.

What this means is that when thrown from a window, a spider will not even notice the impact on hitting the ground, a mouse would walk away, a human would break a neck or both legs and an elephant would go splat.

I'm not entirely sure of my facts but I think there's one type of spider that migrates by spinning a long length of silk out into the wind and allowing itself to be blown along.

Ryv

Thrud

20th September 2005, 13:42

Errrr......bugger..... that's just science the wrong way round!

el_Paulio

20th September 2005, 15:17

Had a mate who worked in a fruit importing factory type environment
Del monte? I forget.
Anyway, they shipped in huge crates from Africa, and various other tropical parts of the world.

The stuff he said they found in there, would make me crap my pants.
Spiders, scorpions, frogs, centipedes, moths, wasps, hornets etc etc

They got paid extra to tolerate these kind of things

No chance Id work in there

PS I say had, he has now fked off to uni, he is still alive, not to worry ;)

WeeJ

20th September 2005, 18:49

My sister used to work in the bakery in Safeway many moons ago. We used to keep lizards back then and she got called into the shop as they found a geko in amongst the banana's. We kept him and called him 'banana' (original name there) but he died after a few days :(

Kaution

20th September 2005, 19:01

Originally posted by WeeJ
My sister used to work in the bakery in Safeway many moons ago. We used to keep lizards back then and she got called into the shop as they found a geko in amongst the banana's. We kept him and called him 'banana' (original name there) but he died after a few days :(

Murderer!

WeeJ

20th September 2005, 19:17

He died of perfectly naterual causes! Come to think of it, he was a bit puny.

banger

22nd September 2005, 04:41

he probably die from venom of the trantulas!

they travel well in bananas. ,but unforunatly mr.boff your not allowed to squish them with your shoe,you must call the local zoo to come and pick them up:)

mikey655

22nd September 2005, 06:59

Originally posted by Boffbowsh
I was reading in bed last night when I saw one of the big ones scuttle across the floor. I went and squished it with a shoe, and squished it good. Carried on reading, and about an hour later went to turn light off and the spider had gone.I'd completely mangled this thing, it looked like he was doing yoga. And yet he'd hit Release Spirit and res'd and then buggered off. Surprised I got to sleep tbh

Not to worry Boff, The other spider which is most likely alot larger would of devoured the squished one from your shoe and saved you the bother of hav'nt to clean it off the next morning....