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Shadazz
NOT WHAT AUSTRALIANS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE
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Chazwozel
So I walked into my room, all tired and prepared to read a book and get some sleep and saw something similiar to this..
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And honestly, fuck Australia. Simply because of the spiders. You can't step on them, hit them with a newspaper, or fucking burn them. That just makes them mad. Seriously, we could strap some guns on these fuckers and send them off to fight in Iraq. Fuck it, these things could invade North Korea. They're fucking indestructible. Get the soldiers out, send our monster fucking spider killbots.
Sigh.
North_Ranger
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I'm not scared of spiders. I'm scared of poison.
Are those poisonous? I mean, as in harmful to a person?
If they are, screw Australia.
If not... GIT ME MAH SHOE, BITCHES!
Are those poisonous? I mean, as in harmful to a person?
If they are, screw Australia.
If not... GIT ME MAH SHOE, BITCHES!
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Chazwozel
All spiders are poisonous. I'm pretty sure these bitches just have a mean bite like a tarantula. I don't think your skin rots off like the fucking brown recluse spiders we have here in PA.
I fucking hate these motherfuckers. Black widows suck too.
Australia is no more dangerous than the wooded areas of the Eastern U.S. We have rattlesnakes and copperheads here in PA that put a lot of snakes to shame in terms of being poisonous. I had a rattler bite the tire of my Jeep once on an off road trip. Little fucker.
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makare
Spiders are horrible evil disgusting things and their evil alone is reason enough to kill them.
North_Ranger
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All spiders are poisonous.[/QUOTE]
Hence the request for clarification "as in harmful to a person". If that over-sized daddy longlegs does nothing, I'd squish him. But if there's a chance that its bite could lead to, say, pain or death, I wouldn't go near one without some of the protective gear I wore in the service...
hay guyz wuts goin on in dis thr
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Chazwozel
oh you...
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All spiders are poisonous.[/QUOTE]
Hence the request for clarification "as in harmful to a person". If that over-sized daddy longlegs does nothing, I'd squish him. But if there's a chance that its bite could lead to, say, pain or death, I wouldn't go near one without some of the protective gear I wore in the service...[/QUOTE]
I think you have a better shot at being killed from a bee attack than a spider bite. You live in Finland don't you? You should worry more about polar bears!
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makare
After witnessing the aftermath of many a brown recluse bite frankly death seemed like a viable alternative.
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Chazwozel
I forgot all about the Finnish polar bear cavalry.
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That's what I mean, you take all the biggest baddest spiders and they all pale in comparison to these little bastards! Although, I think a lot of the necrosis has to do with MSRA infection from the bite than the actual venom.
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Iaculus
Hold on a second - someone in this thread wants to nuke Australia? You want to introduce Austrailan wildlife to radiation?
HAVE YOU NEVER WATCHED A GODZILLA MOVIE?
HAVE YOU NEVER WATCHED A GODZILLA MOVIE?
I backed down from that, we're using flamethrowers now
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Rubicon
Welp, I'm never going to the land down under now. Things like this should not exist :scared:
But some one already introduced them to the Southern US... I already have to see the Banana Spider here. They are almost the same size but not as creepy looking.[/QUOTE]
Orb weavers are pretty big here, too. I posted a pic a while back.
All spiders are poisonous. I'm pretty sure these bitches just have a mean bite like a tarantula. I don't think your skin rots off like the fucking brown recluse spiders we have here in PA.
I fucking hate these motherfuckers. Black widows suck too.
Australia is no more dangerous than the wooded areas of the Eastern U.S. We have rattlesnakes and copperheads here in PA that put a lot of snakes to shame in terms of being poisonous. I had a rattler bite the tire of my Jeep once on an off road trip. Little fucker.[/QUOTE]
^Chaz is right, Texas even has Alligators, Water Moccasins (one nearly killed my bro,) and a lizard that spits blood at you through its eyes. Then there are the Bears, Bobcats, Wolves, Coyotes, Foxes and Mountain Lions. Fire Ants, Killer Bees (once a righteous reggae rock band) and many sorts of poisonous spiders. Then there are the Rednecks...
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Qonas
Snakes? No problem. Lizards? Meh. Lions, tigers, bears? They can be dealt with.
Spiders are 100% pure fucking evil. Screw what they can actually do with poison, who cares? Spiders are nasty and evil and weird me the hell out. Fangs, creepy little legs, those disgusting tiny hairs, the eyes, FANGS....ugh. No way in hell. I turn into such a little girl when a spider appears: squealing, leaping up and running for the other side of the room, wanting to watch Glee and listen to Lady Gaga, the whole thing.
Spiders are 100% pure fucking evil. Screw what they can actually do with poison, who cares? Spiders are nasty and evil and weird me the hell out. Fangs, creepy little legs, those disgusting tiny hairs, the eyes, FANGS....ugh. No way in hell. I turn into such a little girl when a spider appears: squealing, leaping up and running for the other side of the room, wanting to watch Glee and listen to Lady Gaga, the whole thing.
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You know, out of the Australians I know, they seem to be 50/50. Half get all up in arms about Crocodile Dundee, and the other half seem to think he's exaggerated, but not all that far out there. I mean, there are worse stereotypical portrayals--he was fairly normal except for the clothes and the survival skills.
NOT WHAT AUSTRALIANS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE
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Soliloquy
You know, out of the Australians I know, they seem to be 50/50. Half get all up in arms about Crocodile Dundee, and the other half seem to think he's exaggerated, but not all that far out there. I mean, there are worse stereotypical portrayals--he was fairly normal except for the clothes and the survival skills.[/QUOTE]
NOT WHAT AUSTRALIANS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE
Heck, in the first movie, he was being outright deceptive in order to fit the part of the stereotype.
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Twitch
I killed two of these beauties this morning
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Iaculus
Christ on a hoverboard, you've got black widows?I killed two of these beauties this morning
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makare
I wont go to either Australia or the South West of the US because of spiders... and scorpions. There is plenty of other stuff I can do that does not involve exposing myself to those things.
*teehee i said exposing myself*
*teehee i said exposing myself*
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Chazwozel
Come on!? Really?!? You'd miss out on a trip to Australia for a 1 in a bazilion chance of getting bitten by a spider while there? That reminds me of my grad school p.i. He was deathly afraid of going to the beach. Not because drowning or because the ocean is big and scary. He was afraid of shark attacks. That's right, he hasn't been to the beach in 30 years because he's scared of getting attacked by a shark. He has a better chance of being struck by lightening while out for a morning stroll in his neighborhood than being eaten by Jaws.
Maybe it's the type of person I am, but I can't comprehend how people let fear dictate their lives so much.
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Twitch
Christ on a hoverboard, you've got black widows?[/QUOTE]
I have an infestation I think. I get them every few years or so but a friend of mine has had black widows year round for 10 year no matter what he does.
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Come on!? Really?!? You'd miss out on a trip to Australia for a 1 in a bazilion chance of getting bitten by a spider while there? That reminds me of my grad school p.i. He was deathly afraid of going to the beach. Not because drowning or because the ocean is big and scary. He was afraid of shark attacks. That's right, he hasn't been to the beach in 30 years because he's scared of getting attacked by a shark. He has a better chance of being struck by lightening while out for a morning stroll in his neighborhood than being eaten by Jaws.
Maybe it's the type of person I am, but I can't comprehend how people let fear dictate their lives so much.[/QUOTE]
There might be a good reason, I wasn't afraid of the ocean until I spent a week in the florida keys. I encountered six too many sharks and three too many barracudas. Every time I turned around one of them would be right up in my face, now I can't go anywhere in the deep ocean.
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Chazwozel
I dunno, sharks don't generally freak me out since I'm a shark nut. If I'd see a bullshart (or rather not see one since they like murky water), I'd shit my pants...
Barracudas will leave you alone if you don't have shiny things to ring their internal dinner bell.
Barracudas will leave you alone if you don't have shiny things to ring their internal dinner bell.
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makare
I have arachnophobia. It's stupid, I know. I crawl over a rock wall and go in the backdoor of my house to avoid the spiders that live in my hedge by my front door. Hopefully I will eventually get over it but it wont be any time soon. No fear is harder to overcome than an irrational fear.
This immediately made me think of a bull with pants on farting, but accidentally pooping himself. I am laughing so hard.
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