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04-28-2008, 01:04 AM
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04-28-2008, 01:25 AM
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I saw in a documentary that there is a race of spider that has such good "teeth" that they could bite through a boot... Holy sh*t !
I'm lucky there is no deadly spiders in Canada...
**Note to self** If ever I go in Autralia, make sure to bring a .45cal with me. | |
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04-28-2008, 06:40 AM
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04-28-2008, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt308  Emac, I don't think that is accurate. If you put a fuzzy object or anything resembling a spider on a small child (baby), they come unglued. This is a brain stem (reptilian brain) reaction. Why? Who knows, probably lost in the eons past. But I would suspect that our history has been shaped by black crawlies killing our sickening our young.
Religious reasons? Naw. That's bogus. | That is somewhat true Matt, but about the baby:
Show a spider to a baby and they usually don't get afraid, instead they will try to touch and manipulate it, or explore it so to say, maybe even try to put it in their mouth. Its if they see a parent or other grownup react violently and scared towards a spider/scorpian/mouse what'ever that they start to develop a fear for the thing, either that or they get bit and develop their fear that way. A Fear or phobia is a learned thing.
Another example is to put a nasty bug, like a roasted cockroach in a glass of water and show it to a two year old, then watch his reaction. At first he will look abit at it and then look at you, knowing that the bug isn't supposed to be in the glass, so you remove it for him, and guess what he drinks it. Try this with a 5 year old and he won't drink it after you remove the bug, cause he unlike the 2 year old has learned about contamination.
__________________  We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft (Me-262), but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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04-28-2008, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Njaco Can't believe I just got an email from a buddy telling me to watch out for these things. Here's a pic for comparative size. | What type is that Njaco?
__________________ We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft (Me-262), but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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04-28-2008, 02:30 PM
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#81 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by Soren What type is that Njaco? | That is a Brown Recluse, aka Fiddle Back Spider.
__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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04-28-2008, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Maestro
I saw in a documentary that there is a race of spider that has such good "teeth" that they could bite through a boot... Holy sh*t !
**Note to self** If ever I go in Autralia, make sure to bring a .45cal with me.
| That would be the Australian funnel-web spider and, yes, they are also from Australia. This is from good ole' Wikipedia:
"Like other Mygalomorphae, (also called the Orthognatha an infraorder of spiders that includes the true tarantulas), these spiders have fangs which point straight down and do not cross each other (cf Araneomorphae). They have ample venom glands that lie entirely within their chelicerae. Their chelicerae and fangs are large and powerful. Although they are rather small compared to the true tarantulas, they should not be handled without taking substantial precautions, because their fangs have been known to penetrate fingernails and soft shoes, resulting in dangerous bites."
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04-28-2008, 02:54 PM
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#83 | | Der Crewchief
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Q: What is the most venemous spider in the world?
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04-28-2008, 03:02 PM
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No, wait. Googled - Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria nigriventer).
"This spider is believed to have the most active neurotoxic venom of any living spider. Its venom is so potent that only 0.006mg (0.00000021oz) is sufficient to kill a mouse." What is the Most Venomous Spider in the World?
yes?
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04-28-2008, 03:25 PM
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04-28-2008, 04:08 PM
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#86 | | the old Sage
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Country: | the most venomous and you will not believe it is the daddy long leg. pound for pound.................wha ? you get my drift the thing seems worthless but yes scientists have proven this some 25 years ago
doesn't really matter they all deserve a squash under a heavy boot | |
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04-28-2008, 04:29 PM
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#87 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by Njaco | Nope that has been proven wrong now....
Very good guess and that is what most people think.
My wifes professor is one of the people who has been researching the paricular spider I am talking about and he has one at the university. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Erich the most venomous and you will not believe it is the daddy long leg. pound for pound.................wha ? you get my drift the thing seems worthless but yes scientists have proven this some 25 years ago | Nope just a myth. This was officially disproven in 2004 and the venom has been proven to be very very weak.
I will let this go for another day or two or until someone names the most venemous spider.
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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04-28-2008, 04:33 PM
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04-28-2008, 04:39 PM
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#89 | | Der Crewchief
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__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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04-28-2008, 04:49 PM
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