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[Mineshaft_Gap]

We need to get our asses to mars.

 

[Gnome Scat]

Nope, that's not allowed.

 

[LilWayneSuckz]

There's also a huge spider over here, the chick eating spider (araña pollera) that's as big as a grown mans hand. They call them that because, well, they're big enough to eat hens.

I was once bitten by one while playing hide and seek and hiding under a car. For a second it felt like I had a very hairy hand on my back. When it bit me it felt like a human bite and almost ripped a hole in the skin from one jaw to the other.

Sweet Jesus..........Nope. Able to eat an entire hen...Please move for your safety

 

[Protein]

 

[Xamdou]

Fuck that fucking spider. Christ.

Godamn I've seen that a spider with huge legs like that before in my old backyard. When I was a kid, I used my Super Soaker to try to kill it but I straight bailed out as soon I saw how fast it ran away after I fired my gun...

 

[fuzzyreactor]

Or your mouth.

is it weird that im turned on?

 

[OSHAN]

Guys, a Goliath Bird Eater is harmless to you so long as you don't go poking or harassing it lol

Just because something is harmless doesn't mean I'd want it crawling around in my fucking bedroom, waking up with that shit on my face. I can't imagine a reality where I calmly lifted its fuzzy grapefruit of an abdomen off my nose and set it on the floor to scurry off somewhere.

 

[OSHAN]

Godamn I've seen that a spider with huge legs like that before in my old backyard. When I was a kid, I used my Super Soaker to try to kill it but I straight bailed out as soon I saw how fast it ran away after I fired my gun...

Spiders don't forget.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I'm an arachnaphobe, but I find tarantulas interesting.

The tarantula we have at home will live 20-30 years.

If you're an arachnaphobe why do you have a tarantula at home?

 

[Xamdou]

is it weird that im turned on?

Nope your not, and your not the only one.

 

[orochi91]

Just because something is harmless doesn't mean I'd want it crawling around in my fucking bedroom, waking up with that shit on my face. I can't imagine a reality where I calmly lifted its fuzzy grapefruit of an abdomen off my nose and set it on the floor to scurry off somewhere.

In my defense, I never suggested anyone should take it home and sleep with it :3

 

[OSHAN]

In my defense, I never suggested anyone should take it home and sleep with it :3

I can't decipher your mixed messages man.

 

[Aselith]

Both of those photos look taken from such an angle as to make the spider look way bigger than it is.

Yeah, his hand appears to be nearly a foot away from the branch when he takes the comparison photo. His hand being that far away is going to make the spider appear a decent bit bigger than it actually is.

 

[vpance]

How much XP is it worth?

 

[Envelope]

Sad we can't even have a thread about cool nature things without half the posts being "OMG KILL IT WITH FIRE" grow up please

 

[Xelis]

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

 

[dragonlife]

That's so cool. Nature is awesome.

It's kind of cute, too.

 

[Deified Data]

Guys, a Goliath Bird Eater is harmless to you so long as you don't go poking or harassing it lol

Same goes for all tarantulas. They're all venomous but none have the ability to kill a human, and use biting as last resort besides.

 

[_woLf]

WHY THE FUCK DO I ALWAYS CLICK ON THESE THREADS?!

 

[Qurupeke]

Fuck that fucking spider. Christ.

If you slay that I'm sure it will leave a golden token behind.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

i bet if one this fuckers fell off a tree and on your head it would probably crack your neck

 

[Matugi]

so if you try to step on one of these would it be like standing on a rock or a turtle?

 

[HardRojo]

Burn the rainforests! Burn them to the ground!

 

[The Purple Pill]

If you're an arachnaphobe why do you have a tarantula at home?

Maybe because it's one of the best ways to cure yourself from Arachnophobia?

Any phobia can be cured through exposure to it, on your own terms.

 

[thenexus6]

At least its not this

Soon..

 

[Mlatador]

Ahaha! xD

 

[Teremap]

This is adorable. That snake is adorable. Everything non-human posted in this thread is absolutely fascinating.

I don't get the majority of GAF sometimes.

Right?

Arachnophobia is one thing, but... this thing doesn't even look aggressive. It's just a great big ball of fuzz.

Very cute. Unfortunate about the urticating hairs, though.

 

[Sinatar]

Sad we can't even have a thread about cool nature things without half the posts being "OMG KILL IT WITH FIRE" grow up please

Won't somebody think of the giant skull crushing spiders!?

 

[Takuan]

The one in the OP looks HUGE. How is that a camera trick?

 

[Queen of Hunting]

farewell aragog lol

they will be at his size soon lol

 

[JMDSO]

Fucking Aragog is real.

 

[zer0blivion]

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

This made me want to listen to the song. Thanks to you, I found out someone has uploaded this to YouTube:

FRANK ZAPPA: BABY SNAKES full movie HD - 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8dQe4Hyl6I

 

[emb]

The one in the OP looks HUGE. How is that a camera trick?

The first picture has nothing to really set the scale. The second has the hand there, but way in the background so it looks like the spider is larger by comparison. (I think it's understandable not to want your hand too close it though, haha.)

It's still big though.

 

[The Dennis System]

Nuke the rain forests.

 

[NateDrake]

I expected to see this:

 

[Sesha]

Arachnophobia is not unique to NeoGAF.

No but we're posting on GAF aren't we?

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

I expected to see this:

lmao! source?

edit:

Mutant Giant Spider Dog (SA Wardega)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB8t0B4jx4

my man

 

[zer0blivion]

lmao! source?

Mutant Giant Spider Dog (SA Wardega)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB8t0B4jx4

 

[Corpsepyre]

Remember, people. If it bleeds, we can kill it.

 

[Chronus]

Oh god. Why did I click this thread, why, WHY?!

 

[User 479360]

Nature was fun while it lasted.

This

I didn't need to know that this thing existed. Thanks, for the nightmares, Gaf.

 

[ctfg23]

Why the fuck do I always enter these spider threads

 

[Mighty Chin]

Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope

 

[bill0527]

Sorry libs, but I'm all in favor of burning this fucking forest to the ground.

 

[Complex Shadow]

FUCK YOU NATURE.

YOU SCARY.

 

[Leynos]

OMG, it's so cute! What kind is it? It's all coiled up, and ready to strike. It thinks that it's a big boy...so adorable.

 

[demosthenes]

Pretty much -

Like all tarantulas, T. blondi have fangs large enough to break the skin of a human (1.9–3.8 cm or 0.75–1.50 in). They carry venom in their fangs and have been known to bite when threatened, but the venom is relatively harmless and its effects are comparable to those of a wasp's sting.​

I think they're cool animals, keep your nukes on hold.

You can't fool us spider.

 

[demosthenes]

I expected to see this:

This is amazing.

 

[waypoetic]

That's a big spider.

 

[Amzin]

Ohhhhhh hell nawwwww......fuck this!

Burn it down...all of it!

EDIT: Why did they have to mention its fangs puncturing a mouse's skull....

To be fair, a lot of things can puncture a mouse's skull. They're not exactly the tanks of the mammal world. And the mammal world is made up of soft squishy things to begin with.