mwilkinson Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Here ya goes, a BFO spider:P http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/c_strike/My%20Animals/Spiders/Theraphosa%20blondi/DSC00131.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Strike Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Staples, were you working in North Africa or middle east? thats a nice specimen. crazy little things arent they:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staples230uk Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Staples, were you working in North Africa or middle east? thats a nice specimen. crazy little things arent they:p Yeah, was in Qatar. I find them terrifying yet fascinating! We actually kept that one as a pet and fed it chopped chicken from the mess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 That IS a B.F.O spider...!! That's not a spider! It's a little dog! What do you feed that thing? Mice? Not as big as C_Strikes spider but very nasty, and not technically a spider lol. A camel spider I caught a few years back. [ATTACH=CONFIG]140171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]140172[/ATTACH] Are not these the ones which could kill with you a bite? Or cause huge infections? Heard they can get quite big? Look at the fangs on this one!!! It's making me itch looking at these spiders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 i never kill spiders . i believe it carrys bad luck to kill them . they are gardians ... just ugly ones. p.s i fooookin hate flyes In some religious text they are known as guardians too. I never kill them or try to avoid it as much as possible, plus they keep the house clear of other creepy crawlies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staples230uk Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Same ones abz! But they have no poison, just give a very nasty bite. Nice pic btw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 I thought I'd got away with that comment JP. How's your gob btw..!! spiders = brown pants had one in the back of the van running around... I had to get the neighbour to get it out I have now lost all credibility... Who said you had credibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobius Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Hilarious phil Jupitus about spider phobia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Tn38T9o5U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinitom Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 found this one in my room the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I believe the OP's spider to have an equivalent cash value of $233.95, depending on the number of legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 I believe the OP's spider to have an equivalent cash value of $233.95, depending on the number of legs. Christ, if I'd have known that I wouldn't have let him go free in the garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 those camel spiders have always freaked me out specially because they can run faster than me, although not technically spider cause they got ten legs. Its the bite that you don't feel as its venom is morphine based. say your on the side of a mountain somewhere sleeping away with your head poking out of your sleeping bag... completely oblivious to this reached thing eating away at your face skin, barf. Jaws that go all the way to the back of its head and its two tiny eyes staring at you as it scrans your face. anyone seen starship troopers lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Strike Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 another boring fact.... camel spiders have 8legs, and are no more a spider, than a scorpion is. They still fall into arachnidae (they are known as solifugids) as with mites and harvestmen. They have never been found to posess venom glands, nor any method of injecting venom, they have no venom ducts on their mandibles. Its nothing more than an urban myth regarding their toxicity:P sorry to be boring and TOTALLY anal:P btw, anyone been told the story from a 'friend' about one of their 'friends' that own a boa that free roams the house, and the poor fellar woke up to the snake measuring itself against his body in order to eat him? thats about as true as the story about WMDs in iraq, lol Fascinating creatures solifugids are, but as far as arachnids go, scorps eat them, as do spiders so out of the three families, they are lowest in the chain. possibly the coolest looking though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Strike Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I swear i have OCD regardinng arachnids.. sorry:P haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 found this one in my room the other day. http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu2/trinitom/c28ebe88.jpg Completely harmless.... Actually if one bites you you turn into spiderman. How cool is that !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinitom Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Completely harmless.... Actually if one bites you you turn into spiderman. How cool is that !!! how do you know i'm not spiderman right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 how do you know i'm not spiderman right now? Is your spidey sense tingling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I swear i have OCD regardinng arachnids.. sorry:P haha I was just going for Squaddie scaremongering lol All I know from experience is that they chase you, really creepy looking when running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Not as big as C_Strikes spider but very nasty, and not technically a spider lol. A camel spider I caught a few years back. [ATTACH=CONFIG]140171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]140172[/ATTACH] now there nasty bu**ers, used to work in the sahara desert and they were everywhere ,i wondered why the camels had big brown patches on there legs till one of the boys told me thats where the camel spiders have eaten the flesh .my mate hit one with a spade and it got up and came after him fearless they are . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaf Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 their nothing, my doggy used to eat them for breakfast..... when she was awake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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