Scots Taffer on 15/5/2006 at 00:09
The link to the Brown Recluse bite <strike>has been removed above</strike> is tied to an oft-linked Snopes article on it that doesn't say that it's fake but can't a make a strong case for it being true. The latter photos always looked fake to me anyway, very good job, but fake.
Parker'sSire on 15/5/2006 at 01:22
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Originally Posted by Scots_TafferThe link to the Brown Recluse bite has been removed above
TTK12G3's link worked for me...
Saw that one earlier and passed on it. Something hinky about it. Particularly the way it got passed around by email like a hoax.
Who knows?
DarkViper on 15/5/2006 at 02:32
That looks like one big spider trying to eat the other big spider trying to latch onto the human.
Scots Taffer on 15/5/2006 at 02:34
The photos of the bites are pretty gruesome, it seems as though they lack venom but make up for it with their teeth.
Also, coolest spider EVAR:
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Parker'sSire on 15/5/2006 at 05:20
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Originally Posted by DarkViper
That looks like one big spider trying to eat the other big spider trying to latch onto the human.
That's definitely 2 of 'em. But I think the camera angle makes them look bigger than they prob are: I think that's the soldier's jacket sleeve on the right hand side of the picture... the soldiers in the background make the beasts look 2 feet long.
But at 6-8 inches, they're still basically face-huggers.
And they're agressive (they seem to chase after someone who attacks them)... and they bite.
And there are about 50 species in Southwestern US.
... I live in Boston.
... which is in the Northeast.
... this is a good thing.
Vasquez on 15/5/2006 at 10:06
Quote Posted by Dia
All spiders have poisonous bites
But not nearly all spiders can bite humans (nor cats or dogs or even hamsters).
Vigil on 15/5/2006 at 10:42
Still no luck getting rid of that hamster infestation then?
Lacerta on 15/5/2006 at 10:45
I managed to inhale a spider once and ended up swallowing it. It was big by British standards, about 2 inches across including legs (domestic house spider - Tegenaria gigantea). It ran across my pillow whilst I was sleeping with my mouth open. The whole thing about swallowing spiders unknowingly in your sleep is rubbish - you definitely wake up gagging when those 8 hairy legs hit the back of your throat! I saw the critter climb the wall by my bed before I went to sleep, but the shoe I threw at it missed. Not being scary things, I just went to sleep.
I had a big online debate with an American professor who claimed that I was making it up and it couldn't be true. The spider leg I removed from my mouth (from which I identified the species), begs to differ.
OrbWeaver on 15/5/2006 at 11:42
Quote Posted by Parker'sSire
That's definitely 2 of 'em. But I think the camera angle makes them look bigger than they prob are: I think that's the soldier's jacket sleeve on the right hand side of the picture... the soldiers in the background make the beasts look 2 feet long.
But at 6-8 inches, they're still basically face-huggers.
And they're agressive (they seem to chase after someone who attacks them)... and they bite.
They are also (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugid) not spiders.
