KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!!!!
I should have listened to my Arachnophobia and stayed away from that link!
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The rational part of me thinks that it's utterly adorable and endearing that all her babies are snuggled up to her.|
Originally Posted by JJDrakken
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The vast majority of me wants to kill it with fire.
Man, that gives me all kinds of willies.
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That's until you realize that as spiders, they're incapable of snuggling. They are, instead, attempting to conquer and devour their mother.
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Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
The rational part of me thinks that it's utterly adorable and endearing that all her babies are snuggled up to her.
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Wait, really? Do we actually know that? (I'm asking with genuine interest. I want to learn science)
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Originally Posted by Clebstein
That's until you realize that as spiders, they're incapable of snuggling. They are, instead, attempting to conquer and devour their mother.
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Aaaannnndddddd i wont be sleeping for a few nights now
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http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/c...wolf.htm#cycle|
Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
Wait, really? Do we actually know that? (I'm asking with genuine interest. I want to learn science)
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This states they live on their mother's back until they can hunt, so I can only assume that means they live on her back until they figure out how to eat her. Doesn't it just seem like they would?
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An interesting theory. Thanks for letting me know. |
Originally Posted by Clebstein
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/c...wolf.htm#cycle
This states they live on their mother's back until they can hunt, so I can only assume that means they live on her back until they figure out how to eat her. Doesn't it just seem like they would? |
This is disgusting. The spider itself isn't of the cute variety (like, say, a furry tarantula) and the "swarm of insects" on its back, especially as they move about, is basically a priority override for most people's brains to recoil. It doesn't matter if they're the cutest things, a forest of tiny living insects scurrying about is not cute.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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No fire might cause area damage.|
Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
The vast majority of me wants to kill it with fire.
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Use spray cleaner (I prefer Orange Glo) till it's choking on the fumes and drowing on the liquid. Makes for an easy clean up and pleasing scent of the affected area!
Why no, I am not a sadist... but anything that crawls in my general vicinity without my permission needs to die a slow, agonizing death.
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I'm sorry what was that, I couldn't hear you over my TRAGIC PAST!!
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Awwww... So kewt!|
Originally Posted by JJDrakken
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(And no, Cleb, they most likely do not eat her. There are a number of predatory species, invertebrates and vertebrates alike, with young that are sheltered by their mother without consuming her. But if it makes you more secure in your image of the world to think that, who am i to stop you?)
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Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
The vast majority of me wants to kill it with fire. |
Actually, I would say this is the rational part.
inb4 some one links to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms2klX-puUU
......Wait........
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The spider obviously was not a threat, so killing the spider would motivated by fear, and be irrational. There's no reason to kill something that can't hurt you, and might actually help you by getting rid of pests.|
Originally Posted by Antigonus
Actually, I would say this is the rational part.
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Oh, and spiders can definitely be cute.
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Okay, that one is kinda cute...|
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I admit that they're neat to look at, but only in picture format.
To right the countless wrongs of our day, we shine the light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise. What a wonderful world such would be....
I'm sorry what was that, I couldn't hear you over my TRAGIC PAST!!
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Don't Wolf spiders have a rotting venom kinda like brown recluses?
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Originally Posted by Seldom
The spider obviously was not a threat, so killing the spider would motivated by fear, and be irrational. There's no reason to kill something that can't hurt you, and might actually help you by getting rid of pests.
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Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
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Wasn't the dude holding the spider without being bitten?
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Don't Wolf spiders have a rotting venom kinda like brown recluses?
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Necrotic venoms are just...nasty.
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Those one's aren't going to eat her. They just stay there until they're a bit bigger so they are capable of catching and killing their own prey. Until that point, they hang on for the protection from predators and to mooch off her meals. The point of reproduction is to pass on ones genes... Now, there is a species of spider (of which i can't remember the name, off hand) where when the young hatch, the mother presses her abdomen against them and basically encourages them to eat her. By the time the young are finished, they're slightly bigger and have a slightly better chance of surviving.
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Originally Posted by Clebstein
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/c...wolf.htm#cycle
This states they live on their mother's back until they can hunt, so I can only assume that means they live on her back until they figure out how to eat her. Doesn't it just seem like they would? |
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Originally Posted by Seldom
Wasn't the dude holding the spider without being bitten?
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Which is rather amazing considering Wolf spiders are known for being highly aggressive. I have been chased by Wolf spiders before, and can attest to how aggressive they can be. That guy must be some kind of spider whisperer to not have been bitten multiple times by that thing.
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I tell my kids all about the useful role spiders play, blah, blah, blah. But I also tell them that their habitat is not allowed to intersect my habitat, and I enforce that with extreme prejudice. |
Originally Posted by Justice_Reaper
Why no, I am not a sadist... but anything that crawls in my general vicinity without my permission needs to die a slow, agonizing death.
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I don't do "slow, agonizing" though. More like a swift transition from the 3D world to the 2D world, followed by an exciting water ride.
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In that case, remind me not to let my infant son anywhere near you.|
Originally Posted by Justice_Reaper
Why no, I am not a sadist... but anything that crawls in my general vicinity without my permission needs to die a slow, agonizing death.
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Originally Posted by Seldom
Wasn't the dude holding the spider without being bitten?
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All I can say after clicking that link is *ick* oh and thanks for the constant heebie jeebies. I can handle pretty much any bug and actually volunteered at the local zoo several summers teaching children the importance of all creatures great and small but on spider day's... I was sent home.
Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches are cute and interesting, spiders *shivers* NO WAY! bleh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmr-B_JZTnE
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqH8XhE5604
-runs away-
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