 BrnishedLily
Female, 18-29, Southern US
 75 Posts
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:42:11 PM
turbotong....you MIGHT be thinking of a certain creature feared by GIs over in the Middle East.
Is this it? |
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 Aoooogh
Female, 13-17, Europe
33 Posts
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:54:13 AM
I think its cute. Not as cute as the mouse, but just cute. |
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 turbotong
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
560 Posts
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010 10:47:22 PM
I could have sworn I saw something twice its size on TV before. Some guy compared another spider to that tarantula, and it was like twice as big. Skinny legs though. |
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 leahers
Female, 18-29, Canada
130 Posts
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Monday, October 04, 2010 8:08:54 PM
D: |
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 3002-3038
Female, 18-29, Western US
479 Posts
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Sunday, October 03, 2010 4:49:28 PM
tarantulas.. the horrific teddy bear of the insect world.. |
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 Link_Hiei
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
5158 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 7:35:34 PM
O_O |
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 newbzoorz
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
214 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 1:23:31 PM
Sweet it got posted :D I love that the video player is huge. Way to be evil fancy! |
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 ROK9
Male, 18-29, Western US
1838 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:59:11 PM
i love spiders sooooo cool |
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 mvangild
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
528 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:23:52 PM
I've never really understood arachnophobia.
That is, until I saw this video. Holy crap. |
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 mmill928
Female, 18-29, Western US
278 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:23:24 PM
Thanks guys. I was wondering why the last one had so many bald patches. Poor little guy. |
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 beternal
Male, 18-29, Europe
1848 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 10:57:01 AM
Dada is right. (curious whether you're on any of the forums actually - it would be cool to chat with you)
I'm doing my PhD in arachnology and although the information in this clip was factually accurate, it was totally dramaticised.
Firstly, the geographical range of them was a bit exaggerated - granted, Avicularia sp is found throughout, Psalmopeus irminia comes from Venezuela and what looks like Lasiodora parahybana is also found in South America much like T.blondi (the focus of the clip), they are separated b huge distances!
- I was impressed they were all South American UNTIL they showed Citharischius crawshayi which is African. This proves these were probably just all put there and not found wild.
PLUS, the bald patch on the T.blondi's abdomen showed it had been pestered a lot by the film crew probably and the patches on the femurs showed quite a post-moult specimen... |
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 Vindictive
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
1079 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 8:41:09 AM
@dada
i seriously respect you for being able to do something i could NEVER do. my fear of spiders is a full blown phobia, even the smallest, tiniest dot of a spider completely freaks me out and stops me in my tracks. also thanks for the information, it's good to hear from someone who knows what they're talking about. |
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Vindictive
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
1079 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 8:38:28 AM
really good HD quality. but KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT MAKE IT DIE FOREVER. |
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 FuriousTuna
Male, 13-17, Europe
39 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 2:52:43 AM
Itchy itchy itchy |
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 J_Action
Male, 18-29, Europe
212 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 1:49:57 AM
kill it with fire!! |
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 xiquiripat
Male, 18-29, Western US
2419 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:41:34 AM
"I really don't get why people are afraid of these things. I don't want one crawling on me and I think it would make for a lousy pet, but what is actually creepy or scary about it?"
It's called biological preparedness. If you look at the most common phobias (spiders, snakes, heights, the dark, etc) you see that they have an evolutionary basis in things that have been dangerous to humans throughout their evolutionary history. Therefore you are biologically "primed" wherein one negative encounter with these things will create a much stronger psychological reaction and an incentive to aviod them in the future. The effect on spiders is the exact opposite. Millenia of reducing Earth's top predator thousands of times their size into screaming little girls when they crawl on their leg has given them a bad attitude. |
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 D3rAnG3d
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1603 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:39:18 AM
O.O
Be afraid. Be very afraid. |
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 PoopNoodle
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
397 Posts
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:35:40 AM
Oh dear God! Kill it! Kill it!!!! |
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 Intaresting
Male, 18-29, Europe
812 Posts
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Friday, October 01, 2010 10:50:58 PM
Now I kinda want a tarantula pet. |
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 TheTrees
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
259 Posts
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Friday, October 01, 2010 9:36:03 PM
th-th-th-the m-m-m-mouse :,( |
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LilJackanape
Female, 60-69, Eastern US
150 Posts
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Friday, October 01, 2010 8:41:28 PM
show it having sex with another spider >:D |
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 SlothOfDoom
Male, 30-39, Canada
2041 Posts
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Friday, October 01, 2010 8:23:54 PM
Funny, I have an inch long fang too...
..wait.no I mean um... |
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 draino123
Male, 18-29, Southern US
341 Posts
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Friday, October 01, 2010 8:04:04 PM
did anyone else notice that the youtube ad was for professional extermination?? |
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 keith2
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
2317 Posts
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Friday, October 01, 2010 8:00:44 PM
it ate a wasp so it's cool in my book |
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 xoxcassxox
Female, 18-29, Australia
446 Posts
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Friday, October 01, 2010 6:58:08 PM
Christ why did I feel the need to watch that???
Though I did get a good laugh at whocares3725's comment.
""No one has ever died from a tarantula bite"
No, but I'm sure a lot of perfectly good pants have had to been thrown away because of them."
LOL Agreed! |
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