RUN!! Giant Spider Discovered , page 3

reply to post by DaMod

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Yeah I can and did

I am slightly older hehe. Thanks for the info, prettyful spider, fascinating, yet creppy

reply to post by InertiaZero

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Huntsman type spiders are good at adapting. They are survivors, in the purest sense of the word (any Australian could tell you this). Sure I am a little worried they are loosing habitat, but as such they will most likely survive. As long as they have some tasty morsels to snack on and the weather stays warm I don't think we have anything to worry about.

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reply to post by Knoen

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Would you rather have spiders or mosquitoes, cockroaches, horseflies, locusts, Japanese beetles, and house flies etc. overrunning everything?

People say bees are the most important creature on this planet.

I say spiders are 2nd.

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Originally posted by DaMod
reply to post by Knoen

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Would you rather have spiders or mosquitoes, cockroaches, horseflies, locusts, Japanese beetles, and house flies etc. overrunning everything?

People say bees are the most important creature on this planet.

I say spiders are 2nd.

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I agree spiders get rid of all the other pests but I still dont like them. I prefer snakes I dont kill spiders when I see them, I run! I know they are here for a reason I just dont like them....lol

reply to post by DaMod

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I respect your opinions about spiders, but I'd rather not have this beast doing what it does. Striking fear into the hearts of mankind.

reply to post by flymetothemoon

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Omg, i never realized it but they used Huntsmans for the hybrid super spiders in that movie! (only they are really not that poisonous. That is a fictional spider)

So basically this new species is a massive version of the spiders you saw in arachnophobia... COOL!

Originally posted by DaMod
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Omg, i never realized it but they used Huntsmans for the hybrid super spiders in that movie! (only they are really not that poisonous. That is a fictional spider)

So basically this new species is a massive version of the spiders you saw in arachnophobia... COOL!

Thank you for clear that up
Nice pet you have, btw. Scarry indeed. Still i'm not to agree killing a spider cause of own fear. Also i think fear is something, we may "learn" in childhood.


[edit on 11-1-2010 by flymetothemoon]

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Not being pedantic, but I believe that many mistake the Harvestman for the Cellar spider. The cellar spider is a true spider and does spin webs (crap ones). It's pretty harmless, but they do eat a lot of bugs. Venomous, but not harmful to people.
Harvestman are totally different, but it's the long legs that throws people.
Might be regional in the labelling. That said, I don't think I've seen a Harvestman in California, but lots of cellar spiders. I saw plenty of Harvestmen in Britain.

As for the spider in the OP, there's no scale on the picture and no way of telling size other than the story. Looking at it, it appears to have the whole 'fuzzy' tarantula type vibe (not an expert). I'm wondering if those legs are not 6" each.......If it had a body the size of,say, a red-knee but those long legs it would be a terrible, terrible thing.
Yuck.

Originally posted by InertiaZero
Holy Cow

Wow. Just wow.
But I kinda feel sorry for them....

With a lanky legspan of up to nearly a half foot, a newly discovered spider species is the largest among its family of arachnids in the Middle East. The spider, now dubbed Cerbalus aravensis, was discovered in the dunes of the Sands of Samar in the southern Arava region in Israel by a team of biologists from the University of Haifa-Oranim. The scientists say C. aravensis is nocturnal and mostly active during the hottest months of the year.

OK. If you are not scared of spiders, click on the image. If you are, dont. Its a beautiful creature, indeed. But she's not like our tiny house-spiders. She's a mammoth.

Even if you CAN kill a spider with no remorse out of sheer fear, Im sure you find it sad that it's home is disappearing.

its home is disappearing. The Sands of Samar are the last remaining sand dune in Israeli territory in the southern Arava region. In the past, the sands stretched across some 2.7 square miles (7 square km), but due to the rezoning of areas for agriculture and sand quarries, the sands have been reduced to about 1 square mile (3 square km).

Its almost like species are diappearing as soon as we discover them.

Anyways, post your comments, and click away......IF YOU DARE.

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Nice creature, but it's a kid compared to this one. It's called the Goliath Bird Eating Spider. It's located in northern South American countries of Suriname, Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. This thing is at least 12 inches across, I'll post the link to it.

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