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Scariest Thing Ever.

Martin

Martin

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I'm not too fond of spiders.

Imagine my surprise when I found this picture at another forum.

To make it even scarier, the picture was taken by a trooper in Iraq ... after he pulled those out of his sleeping bag.

Cheers, Martin :eek:
 
I looked at the picture again, and it's still freaking me out.

Can you imagine lying in your tent, and you hear a sound. You open your eyes, look up, and see that sitting on your chest?!

I'd die. Right there and then. It wouldn't even have to do anything.

Cheers, Martin :eek:
 
I wonder if you can get them by mail order. I used to have a pet tarantula but it commited suicide.

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I used to have a pet tarantula but it commited suicide.
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It just couldn't compete with your hairy legs.



Want me to do a squishing sound for you?
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You do not wanna step on one of those! It's big enough to step on you!

Cheers, Martin :eek:
 
Spiders are our friends! Whenever I see a spider in the house, I just leave it where it is until someone else freaks out. That's when I usually grab a glass or some other container with which to capture it and take it outside to relese it humanely. Those that aren't safely removed by me usually end up falling prey to one of the cats. They nibble on them and bat them around for a while.

But camel spiders aren't even spiders. So I'd sqash 'em!

Check out this link.
 
Martin said:
I'm not too fond of spiders.
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Did you know that --on average-- about 5 spiders a year crawl into your mouth while you're sleeping? So next time you wake up with a nasty taste in your mouth... ;)
 
Mort, do you kill the deadly ones? I knocked off a brown recluse, but in general, I just throw spiders outside...along with all the other insects. Though my cats are pretty quick to eat insects, themselves...of course, I encourage this.
 
I used to go out with someone who really did not like spiders at all. The day he found a black widow spider in the boot of the car provided me with nearly a full hour of entertainment. The neighbours must have thought he'd gone completely mad. He emptied a whole can of oven cleaner onto it's head as that was about the most toxic thing we had in the house. Then he was twatting it with a hammer for a while. Then he found something else to spray at it, hit it some more. Then he donned his oven gloves to retrieve it from the boot. Threw it onto the ground and jumped and jumped and jumped on its little head. In the history of dead spiders I don't think there has even been one more thoroughly dead than that one.

Then there was the time I pulled a praying mantis out of the mail box...
 
Litany said:
I used to go out with someone who really did not like spiders at all. The day he found a black widow spider in the boot of the car provided me with nearly a full hour of entertainment. The neighbours must have thought he'd gone completely mad. He emptied a whole can of oven cleaner onto it's head as that was about the most toxic thing we had in the house. Then he was twatting it with a hammer for a while. Then he found something else to spray at it, hit it some more. Then he donned his oven gloves to retrieve it from the boot. Threw it onto the ground and jumped and jumped and jumped on its little head. In the history of dead spiders I don't think there has even been one more thoroughly dead than that one.

Then there was the time I pulled a praying mantis out of the mail box...
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Wolf would do that.
 
Martin said:
I'm not too fond of spiders.

Imagine my surprise when I found this picture at another forum.

To make it even scarier, the picture was taken by a trooper in Iraq ... after he pulled those out of his sleeping bag.

Cheers, Martin :eek:
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THE SIZE OF THAT SPIDER!!!! F....F....F :eek: *Runs away*
 
Lies:
Did you know that --on average-- about 5 spiders a year crawl into your mouth while you're sleeping? So next time you wake up with a nasty taste in your mouth...
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Yes, in fact, I did know that, but I thought it was, like, 10 in your lifetime or something.

Imagine waking up finding a Camel Spider in you mouth!! :eek:

Cheers, Martin :cool:
 
VTChEwbecca said:
Mort, do you kill the deadly ones?
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Actually, I've only seen a few black widow spiders in my lifetime and if I saw a brown recluse, I probably wouldn't know it. Whenever I see shiny black spiders with round abdomens (normally in the garage), I grab a broom and try to pick them up with the bristles so that I can take them outside. I don't care to get my hands too close to them, just in case.
 
Martin said:
Imagine waking up finding a Camel Spider in you mouth!! :eek:

Cheers, Martin :cool:
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Did you click on the link to see the real thing? It was even worse than the photo you posted! That thing looked hideous....more scorpion than spider. I don't mind spiders, but scorpions freak me out. :eek:
 
Mort said:
Actually, I've only seen a few black widow spiders in my lifetime and if I saw a brown recluse, I probably wouldn't know it. Whenever I see shiny black spiders with round abdomens (normally in the garage), I grab a broom and try to pick them up with the bristles so that I can take them outside. I don't care to get my hands too close to them, just in case.
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Brown recluse - they're quite icky. The one I killed left a stain on the carpet. I've never actually seen a black widow, myself, though. But I'm like you, I never pick one up unless I have something to prevent it from getting too close to me.

My father-in-law collected a jar of over 20 black widows when he was a kid. Then he was afraid to let them out or feed them, so he left them in the jar together. Of course, one survived by eating the others...and he sure as heck wasn't going to let that one go. So he just left that one in the jar by itself until it passed on. I haven't a clue as to what possessed him to collect so many of those doggone things.
 
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