OTF worse nightmare "Monster Spider Web"

drcobalt · 08-31-2007, 04:30 PM

I woke up with an itch on my arm once and realised straight away what it was - the night before in the hallway i saw one of those really big but spindly spiders and thought - ahhh its safe from me up there

Yep that itch (which I scratched by the way) was that spider - there were legs everywhere

retired_toad72 · 08-31-2007, 04:30 PM

Spiders afb. Cobwebs on the other hand are not.

I mean, like, you just randomly walk into a spider's web. Urgh.

Spiders are harmless as far as I'm concerned. Big, big ones can be annoying but smaller ones are all right.

retired_selvinel · 08-31-2007, 04:31 PM

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Originally posted by LiverpoolSimplyTheBest:
Spiders afb. Cobwebs on the other hand are not.

I mean, like, you just randomly walk into a spider's web. Urgh.

Spiders are harmless as far as I'm concerned. Big, big ones can be annoying but smaller ones are all right.

Except the ones that make you die of course.

retired_neasp · 08-31-2007, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by orion318:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Fred_the_Red:
Do you like ecology?

Where do you find these type of news?

Yes i do. :thup:
Actually that story (the spider one) is on the big media sites (BBC, CNN, etc).
The rodent one was on portuguese media 2 days ago. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Same here. Ive been looking for some decent Ecology blogs that I can browse for new findings and such. Know any?

retired_eoconnor · 08-31-2007, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by Snooky:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by josh_b:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by HD:
<BLOCKQUOTE>There was a massive spider (1 1/2 inches - 2 inches across inc legs) in my room the other week, it fell off of the wall and moved into an open watch box that I had on my desk. I close the lid of the box feeling all proud for catching it so easily. Then I took it outside and opened it to let it out and it wasn't there. Didn't sleep that night.

It would have been hiding in the lid.:cool: </BLOCKQUOTE>

I looked in there, it wasn't. Still haven't seen it

</BLOCKQUOTE>

Nesting in your ear. RIP. </BLOCKQUOTE>

It'll probably have "went for him" by now.

retired_neasp · 08-31-2007, 04:36 PM

God I had a journal on evolution of webs but sadly lost it and I dont have access to the online journals no more. Love re-read that again.

Interesting stuff on web building and how they have evolved.

retired_bashful76 · 08-31-2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally posted by Fred_the_Red:
Same here. Ive been looking for some decent Ecology blogs that I can browse for new findings and such. Know any?

well..don't have anything bookmarked but googling "ecology news" brought up a few sites that look good

retired_bashful76 · 08-31-2007, 04:37 PM

http://www.worldecology.com/
is one example

retired_neasp · 08-31-2007, 04:46 PM

Yeah I will plough through the findings.

Incidently looking at the picture again, it kinda suggest that these spiders are happy to work as a group to catch prety.

Normally spiders are solo animals.

This suggest they are happy to interlink homes and maybe food.

retired_swtpe14 · 08-31-2007, 05:02 PM

spiders are a bit like fisherman, the fisherman's net is the spiders web. Both get a big sense of jubilation when they catch something big.

Haha, incidentally did anyone read about that German guy who had like 20 Black widow spiders and a load of lizards and that. A black widow spider bit him, he died and then the rest of the spiders and creatures ate him...

OTF worse nightmare "Monster Spider Web"

Grab a beer, sit back and relax.

OTF worse nightmare "Monster Spider Web"