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[itwasTuesday]

Awwwwww

Spiders are the good guys 95% of the time.
You gotta be careful though, that 5% will getcha

 

[Koomaster]

Spiders are cool so long as they don't invade my personal space. I don't mind if they watch me from somewhere else in the room. I did have to help usher one outside just yesterday after it was chilling near my bed.

 

[CloudyTuba]

THAT FUCKING GIF

DUDE.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

There's a good chance at least one spider is staring at you right now

 

[Engell]

WARNING: Freaky spider GIFS in article.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Bye, Earth. I'm out.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

I literally threw my fucking phone in the air in the middle of a class lecture.

 

[Diamond]

There's a good chance at least one spider is staring at you right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhwEKe2psAA

 

[Zyrox]

Wow, they eat a lot. Makes you think just how fucking fast bugs reproduce. If there weren't any spiders we'd be drowning in mosquitoes and other such fuckers. Keep it up spiders.

Also, that gif is straight up mean. I'm not particularily arachnophobic but it even startled me for a sec.

 

[AstroLad]

if all the dirt in the earth was somehow picked up and dropped on everyone everyone would die. crazy scary and makes you think

 

[Icyflamez96]

Relax.

I thought it was an obvious joke

 

[Ray Wonder]

Relax.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

from the article:

lol

 

[Big Nikus]

My girlfriend is laughing at me because I screamed.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Bye, Earth. I'm out.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

If you like spiders, I highly recommend the book Children of Time.

 

[StayDead]

Unfortunately for you, there's a spider stowed away in your space suit.

GOOD LUCK.

 

[Imperfected]

If you like spiders, I highly recommend the book Children of Time.

Good plug, it'll be great to see the sales of Children of Time jump by ones.

 

[Tubobutts]

But they haven't yet so that's pretty nice of them.

 

[Androidsleeps]

Stop quoting that gif Jesus!

 

[Gnome Scat]

I hate you.

 

[phaonaut]

Legit scared me.

 

[A-V-B]

That's actually pretty awesome.

Can you imagine being invaded by aliens, and spiders step up to the fight?

"Hang tight, humans, we got this."

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Even this extremely fake and not even convincing gif creeps me out. :/

 

[3bada]

Sounds like the premise of a movie

 

[_Nemo]

Stop quoting that gif Jesus!

Which one? This one?

 

[Izuna]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I jumped!

 

[Plum]

That's actually pretty awesome.

Can you imagine being invaded by aliens, and spiders step up to the fight?

"Hang tight, humans, we got this."

Why would spiders help us? What have we done for them? They'd probably defect to the Alien's side in exchange for not being stepped on, the bastards.

 

[A-V-B]

Why would spiders help us? What have we done for them? They'd probably defect to the Alien's side in exchange for not being stepped on, the bastards.

Spiders have always been our secret bros. Or didn't you know mosquitoes would already rule the Earth without them?

 

[Linkstrikesback]

I think we've got our plan B for reducing humans carbon output lads.

 

[lazygecko]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcR9af_akCw

 

[commedieu]

My girlfriend is laughing at me because I screamed.

I literally threw my fucking phone in the air in the middle of a class lecture.

I hate you.

Legit scared me.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I jumped!

((Flaming hot cheeto fans))

 

[Candeldandel]

Ok I like to think of myself on the "good" side of chaotic so I'm not gonna quote that gif, but holy CRAP at the reactions!! I'm dying LOL

 

[bigJP]

i thought it said spiderman
this is much worse.

 

[cm osi]

fine, i'll be that guy


eat me Rachnera

 

[Patrick Bateman]

 

[The Last Wizard]

I saw we take off and Nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

We can get rid of the clowns in the White House as well, win win.

 

[ConfirmationBiased]

Wait, based on those numbers... the average human eats 150% of his own body mass in meat, every year!?

Never mind the spiders; we're the monsters.

 

[Ceej]

I live in North Carolina. Fuck.

 

[AlexFlame116]

I'm not usually afraid of spiders BUT THAT FREAKING SPIDER GIF ALMOST MADE ME THROW MY PHONE! Stop it now!

fine, i'll be that guy


eat me Rachnera

Okay I like her though so I would be okay with the spiders I met were her.

 

[Seiryoden]

I debated making this my first thread a few weeks ago; I even saved the link to the research paper: An estimated 400–800 million tons of prey are annually killed by the global spider community

Our estimates assessed with two different methods suggest that the annual prey kill of the global spider community is in the range of 400–800 million metric tons (fresh weight), with insects and collembolans composing >90% of the captured prey

NOT 100% Insects and Collembolans though. <10% HUMAN FLESH

Bonus:

Bristowe (1958) went one step further claiming that the weight of insects consumed by the entire British spider fauna would exceed the combined weight of all the humans in Great Britain.

 

[xenist]

So you'd rather have a few hundred million tonnes of dirty flies and mosquitoes sprrading disease instead of spiders then? You little wusses?

You don't deserve bros as good as spiders.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

They'd still get pwnd by ants tho.

 

[kswiston]

So apparently natural spaces (meadows, forests, etc) average over 100 spiders per square meter/yard. An acre of naturalized property would have about a half million of them. Numbers are obviously higher in the tropics.

 

[PuppetSlave]

So you'd rather have a few hundred million tonnes of dirty flies and mosquitoes sprrading disease instead of spiders then? You little wusses?

You don't deserve bros as good as spiders.

Yeah my thought as well. I mean it is insects they eat, so imagine them not eating them, we would be so fucked.

 

[andycapps]

Fake news.

Nice try, spider.

 

[KHlover]

We could theoretically deny them the kills within a couple hours. Checkmate, spiders.

 

[Drazgul]

Yeah my thought as well. I mean it is insects they eat, so imagine them not eating them, we would be so fucked.

Maybe we could make some self-replicating killer spider robots to solve that.

 

[bernardobri]

"I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords"

 

[Gravidee]

They're coming for us.