• Fossilised spider 'biggest on record'
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[QUOTE=breakyourfac;29341905][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg/800px-Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] that doesn't even look real i'd probably shit my pants if i came across one
[QUOTE=Lazor;29346957]that doesn't even look real i'd probably shit my pants if i came across one[/QUOTE] I almost shit my pants just looking at it through the internet.
[QUOTE=crackberry;29347014]I almost shit my pants just looking at it through the internet.[/QUOTE] A good many of that genus/phylum (SUE ME, I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO CLASSIFICATION IN BIOLOGY) like to make trap doors. They're making fucking booby-traps right to their lairs and YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO NOTICE THEM. Watch your step, next time you go for a walk...
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;29341905][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg/800px-Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] I don't know why, but tarantulas don't scare me as bad as spiders with the creepy skinny legs
[QUOTE=Chickens!;29342299]All insects used to be bigger due to the greater forest cover of the world so many years ago, this mean't more Oxygen content in the air, resulting in bigger almost everything.[/QUOTE] mean't
[QUOTE=eatdembeanz;29348248]A good many of that genus/phylum (SUE ME, I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO CLASSIFICATION IN BIOLOGY) like to make trap doors. They're making fucking booby-traps right to their lairs and YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO NOTICE THEM. Watch your step, next time you go for a walk...[/QUOTE] Excuse me, I'm going to go kill myself.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;29341905][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg/800px-Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Im arachnophobic, but i dont find tarantulas scary. They are adorable, in a way. The ones that really get me are golden orb weaving spiders, those one which grow really big, and have black and gold striped legs, and st andrews cross spiders.
[QUOTE=eatdembeanz;29348248]A good many of that genus/phylum (SUE ME, I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO CLASSIFICATION IN BIOLOGY) like to make trap doors. They're making fucking booby-traps right to their lairs and YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO NOTICE THEM. Watch your step, next time you go for a walk...[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.aaanything.net/wp-content/gallery/hilarious-gifs/trapdoor_spider_flinch.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=Uberman77883;29342638][url]http://io9.com/#!5735293/the-first-mammoth-cloning-experiment-is-officially-underway[/url] They tried it once, it was born but died 7 minutes later due to lung failure.[/QUOTE] That wasn't a woolly mammoth, it was one of these: [img]http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/files/2009/02/extinct-ibex.jpg[/img] [url]http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/02/cloning-makes-a-mountain-goat-un-extinct-but-the-newborn-kid-dies/[/url] The mammoth cloning experiment in the article you linked to has just begun and is expected to take five years.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;29341905][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg/800px-Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] ive never found the big hairy ones as scary as the pointy legged ones [editline]23rd April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=lol wut;29348808]I don't know why, but tarantulas don't scare me as bad as spiders with the creepy skinny legs[/QUOTE] beat me to it
[QUOTE=crackberry;29344080]Oh my god. I would have jumped off a cliff if I lived at the time of these spiders.[/QUOTE] The spiders would weave a web at the bottom of the cliff to catch you :unsmith: ... And then eat you :smith:
[QUOTE=Chickens!;29342299]All insects used to be bigger due to the greater forest cover of the world so many years ago, this mean't more Oxygen content in the air, resulting in bigger almost everything.[/QUOTE] Time end the rainforest before it ends us, who's with me? [editline]22nd April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=shadow_of_intent;29348840]Im arachnophobic, but i dont find tarantulas scary. They are adorable, in a way. The ones that really get me are golden orb weaving spiders, those one which grow really big, and have black and gold striped legs, and st andrews cross spiders.[/QUOTE] Like this one? [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvXEhdXFheY/SQCpdOle3lI/AAAAAAAAEos/LX_DISEjpFs/s400/bird+eating+spider+Giant+golden+orb+spider+eating+bird[/img]
Yes, like that one.
[QUOTE=Arachnidus;29342003]Those arachnids always scared the living shit out of me...hence the name Arachnidus. First thing that came to mind when I was 12.[/QUOTE] I always wondered where you got that name from
[QUOTE=acds;29359544]Big yummy spider[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure if I saw one of those EVER, ANYWHERE, I'd scream like a little fucking girl. I can handle tiny spiders, but spiders the size of my chest? Yeah, you'd might as well kill me right now.
[QUOTE=Trogdon;29342095]i believe the internet is the most arachnophobic place on earth[/QUOTE] I love spiders. My dad is a hobby entomologist. Been around large insects since I was an infant. Only fucker that scares me is the giant centipede.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;29341905][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg/800px-Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] [img]http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/halolz-dot-com-teamfortress2-nope.avi-obama-poster.jpg[/img]
I love spiders. I wish I could have a pet cat-sized spider that wouldn't kill/eat me.
Anybody else just sit crosslegged in their chairs after reading this?
Don't worry, just throw them in the FUCKING DEEP FRYER! [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Skun_spiders_closeup.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.jaunted.com/files/2909/spiders_1.jpg[/img] [img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQWZam3FDs9nXq8uJ1Odejfg6lqMGcREMetmRgX8cezhYit61Ic[/img]
[QUOTE=Mitsuma;29332087]"Goliath Birdeater"[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.gedcasserley.saddleworth.net/assets/images/Jess21.jpg[/img] [img]http://gyazo.com/54f304451c3cc9214f776158e6fe1d6c.png[/img]
[IMG]http://www.minecraftwiki.net/images/9/98/2011-01-23_11.32.47.png[/IMG] First thing that came to mind. :ohdear: So many bad memories
goliath birdeater is adorable. he got this huge moustache he so cute golden orb spider i get stomach cramps just by spelling that shit
Whenever I see a big spider I just feel like hitting them with a hammer. They are fucking creepy.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;29341905][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg/800px-Theraphosa_blondi_1.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Fuck that, now I'm scared to keep my feet on the floor.
[QUOTE=TamTamJam;29370347]Fuck that, now I'm scared to keep my feet on the floor.[/QUOTE] But it's so CUTE! and fuzzy. the creepy ones are the ones with long, spindly legs. Fuck that shit.
The thick fuzzy ones are the ones that look like they're going to jump on you and LATCH ONTO YOUR FACE
Why the fuck did I click this thread, I hate spiders!
jurassic life is the coolest man though spiders are pretty scary, same with crabs no wonder mudcrabs are so fearsome in cyrodill i hope we have dinosaurs on mars
Why is it man is more afraid of spiders than a vicious wolf?
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