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[strafer]

At least its not this

 

[Mlatador]

Picture's highly exaggerated, it's not much larger than most Tarantulas and it's quite a popular spider for home terrariums.

Thing's not rare, horribly dangerous or ginormous in the slightest.

That's it.

The truth. The pics in the op are just camera angle tricks.

 

[Skilotonn]

I want one, or a couple of those.

Picture's highly exaggerated, it's not much larger than most Tarantulas and it's quite a popular spider for home terrariums.

Thing's not rare, horribly dangerous or ginormous in the slightest.

That's it.

The one in the OP is a whole lot bushier though, so I'd imagine that it's still bigger than the one in your pic.

 

[The Driver]

That's got to be a pretty tiny puppy.

Also -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCE7X_k9kls

Normally I find this kind of stuff weird and sort of sadistic to film but that music killed me omg. So perfectly timed too.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

I for one, welcome our new arachnid overlords.

 

[DyTonic]

Burn it.

 

[Zoopa]

That's got to be a pretty tiny puppy.

Also -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCE7X_k9kls

adorable mouse dancing to horrible music from 0:10 to 0:20.avi

 

[Mesoian]

Tachikomas!

 

[sixteen-bit]

On that RPG enemy tip

 

[omnislayer]

Picture's highly exaggerated, it's not much larger than most Tarantulas and it's quite a popular spider for home terrariums.

Thing's not rare, horribly dangerous or ginormous in the slightest.

That's it.

Even at a deceptive angle the one in the op is clearly larger, just going by its proportions.

 

[Borgnine]

FOUL SPAWN OF UNGOLIANT

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

I think the point is that this a big one.

The picture with the guy's hand looks a lot like a forced perspective shot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_perspective

 

[Tathanen]

I actually find the big hairy spiders quite cool. The only creepy ones too me are the ones like black widows. Thin terrifying ones.

Maybe im just mad though. I also find baby snakes adorable

:3

Reminds me of my ball pythons.

 

[Jarrod38]

 

[Carbonox]

I'd take it for a walk down the street. Strut my stuff. Wanna touch my spider?

 

[Eighty Deuce]

 

[DonasaurusRex]

...so a giant spider with +27 to return dmg thorns aura?

great

 

[Currygan]

 

[Alligatorjandro]

What does that thing eat

 

[Krassus]

birds and who knows what else

 

[ST2K]

Ok, I'm not an arachnophobe, but this creeps me out.

...because of its gargantuan size, the Goliath birdeater is probably the only spider in the world that makes noise as it walks. Its feet have hardened tips and claws that produce a very distinct, clicking sound, not unlike that of a horse’s hooves hitting the ground

From the other thread.

 

[AlexMogil]

 

[flyinpiranha]

If that wasn’t enough, the arachnid would rear its front legs and open its enormous fangs, capable of puncturing a mouse’s skull, and tried to jab me with the pointy implements.

I read this in the tune of Hotel California.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

What does that thing eat

Humans.

 

[NekoFever]

What does that thing eat

You're asking what a spider called the South American Goliath birdeater eats?

 

[Mully]

It's adorable.

 

[SliceSabre]

He entered their domain, he would have had only himself to blame if it consumed him.

 

[AuthenticM]

walking alone at night in the rainforest of Suriname.

what the fuck is wrong with this guy

 

[googleplex]

Picture's highly exaggerated, it's not much larger than most Tarantulas and it's quite a popular spider for home terrariums.

Thing's not rare, horribly dangerous or ginormous in the slightest.

That's it.

It's the large spiders to don't have to worry about. It's the small spider that fuck you over.

 

[Much1]

That's insane. Probably get one as a pet

 

[Catdaddy]

So spiders are now able to breed with video game spiders? Damn you WoW......

 

[CadetMahoney]

The largest spider is in vietnam or china or something actually:

Poecilotheria Rajaei (shit name tbh) look it up.

 

[Skinny Pete]

I hate spiders but this thing is pretty cool IMO.

That one in Australia with the bird in its web is the scary one.

 

[bud]

I hate spiders but this thing is pretty cool IMO.

That one in Australia with the bird in its web is the scary one.

are you the real skinny pete from breaking bad.

 

[Skinny Pete]

are you the real skinny pete from breaking bad.

.....maybe

 

[FrontalMonk]

WHY did I click into this thread?

 

[CoolOff]

 

[GhaleonEB]

The largest spider is in vietnam or china or something actually:

Poecilotheria Rajaei (shit name tbh) look it up.

Perhaps you should?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poecilotheria_rajaei

The spider has a leg span of up to 20 centimetres (8 in)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_birdeater

These spiders can have a leg span of up to 28 cm (11 in)

The Goliath is second largest in terms of leg span to the giant huntsman, apparently.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Yup and we are talking pug puppies, right?


Also, anyone else come in the thread hoping it would be a sequel to the dog spider prank?

That was the first thing I thought of upon entering this thread, only to get an eye full of gigantic life de-affirming spider

 

[The Last Wizard]

Welp cross rain forests of f the list of places I should be in.

 

[Pyccko]

No, don't click it. You can resist, man. You know what's gonna happen if you go in that thread.



FUCKIN SHIT

 

[SovanJedi]

You're asking what a spider called the South American Goliath birdeater eats?

The article explicitly states that it doesn't eat birds as often as its name implies. It seems to prefer eating earthworms and rodents.

 

[Slevin]

I own a Theraphosa stirmi which is very close to the blondi pictured in the article. If I'm lucky she will get to around a 10" diagonal leg span, any other Theraphosa genera that gets larger than that is rare. Their venom is actually not nearly as potent as a lot of the other tarantulas, especially compared to the Poecilotheria.

 

[The Last Wizard]

FOUL SPAWN OF UNGOLIANT

I see what you did there

 

[LQX]

And that folks is how forest fires are started.

 

[kevo_huevo]

shiet.

 

[PK Strawstorm]

I actually find the big hairy spiders quite cool. The only creepy ones too me are the ones like black widows. Thin terrifying ones.

Maybe im just mad though. I also find baby snakes adorable

 

[Jacksinthe]

Its large enough to have a patent on its fangs. Nope.

 

[Krejlooc]

imagine a spider-sized puppy

omigosh

 

[Sinatar]