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Ok /an/ I've seen this all over certain places, and I'm curious. Bein srs here. Can anyone tell me if this is fake, or if its real, what kinda spider this is.
>> Anonymous
It's a Huntsman. Ausfailia is overrun with them.
>> Anonymous
If they bite you it only causes red itching or a little pain and swelling, I've heard. Never been bit by one. We leave them alone because they eat the other, nastier spiders around the place. I've never seen one with babies though!
>> Anonymous
>>264480

Fuckin australians, with their basements and spiders >_>
>> Anonymous
>>264488
Fucking foreigners, with their pretentions and assumptions. I live in Australia, I have all my life, I've visited every state and territory there is. WE DO NOT HAVE BASEMENTS. In general we have a house, and a garage. Nobody, ever, has a basement or attic. Rich people have a two-storey place, but that's it.

Spiders inhabit the top corners of rooms, the support beams for the deck and the bathroom and toilet.
>> Anonymous
>>264504
so basically your entire house is a basement
>> Anonymous
i live in australia, one o thise huge mother fuckers crawled into my shower while I was in there. It wasn't as big as the one in the pic but it still scared the shit outta me. I punched it and it died
>> Anonymous
Buy a gun, shoot the fucker.

Oh wait, this is Ausfailia.
>> Anonymous
>>264545

While I agree with the sentiment that people should own guns, saying stupid shit like you just did only makes us gun-supporters look bad.
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>>264538
Haha, the worst is when you're driving your car, get blinded by the sun and flip the sun visor down... And a hand-sized huntsman skitters out and runs around inside the car! I'm going to have an accident from that one of these days >_<

Here's a good underbelly view
>> Anonymous
Ausfailia is a breeding area for funnel webs, too.

Fucking Australians are asking for it living in a wasteland like that.

Canada is where it's at.
>> Anonymous
you uneducated fucktard
>> Anonymous
>>264563


I remember getting into a massive brawl with a Canadian about this. After telling me over dinner that Australians are all ill mannered (whilst she spoke while eating, chewed with her mouth open, held the fork in her right hand and sucked peas off her knife) she said that she couldn't understand why anyone would want to live somewhere with so many spiders or snakes or various other poisonous beasties.

I said, "Hang on a sec. You're from Canada. You have massive fucking bears, not one species but two who will actively HUNT YOU DOWN and EAT YOU, you have massive fucking PUMAS that will actively HUNT YOU DOWN and EAT YOU, and you have wolves that will actively HUNT YOU DOWN and EAT YOU and you say you're worried about a couple of little spiders?"

She said, "I think bears are quite cute, actually." At this I concluded that she was an idiot.

Generally speaking, if you follow some very basic rules the chances of you being stung or bitten by anything are very low. Besides, I think that a few little beasties are worth the price of living here. In Canada you have French people and there's always the constant terror that the neighbours will run out of countries to invade and invade YOU. Caught between frogs and seps. A terrible fate. I'll take the funnel webs any day.
>> Anonymous
>>264563
>Ausfailia is a breeding area for funnel webs, too.

I live in Sydney. There is a spider called the Sydney Funnel Web, this is not a coincidence. Funny thing is, I have never ever seen one in real life and I'm 22 and I even live next to a national park.

Also never seen a redback in real life either. For being a scary country filled with scary spiders, they sure do seem to be quite reclusive.
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I live in Brisvegas now, and before that regional Newcastle. Both areas had a lot of redbacks, but in Brisvegas at least they've been almost wiped out in recent years by introduced barking geckos. Probably the only thing the dirty little shitting bastards at good for. I don't know how down south is fairing as it's a bit colder, but it's possible the geckos are hard at work down there as well.

And yes, lived regional all my life in an area supposedly crawling with funnelwebs. Never saw a single one. I did see a few wolf spiders though, and a lot of trapdoors for trapdoor spiders when I went walkabout in the scrub. Also, in all my youthful years of doing so I can count the number of snakes I saw can be counted on one hand and only one of them, a red belly black, was actually dangerous. And personally I was too busy gaping at it to be afraid of it. It had just shed and the colours of it were indescribably beautiful. The only thing I've ever seen to rival the sheer gorgeousness of it are newly shed yellow faced whipsnakes.
>> Anonymous
>>264582

Sydfag here again. Yeah, I've seen 2 snakes in my entire life, although both were pretty dangerous, only the one was an aggressive kind. Still wasn't anywhere near me. Other one was also a red-bellied black snake like yours, and I work in an office that's half below ground, so it was curled up against my ground level window right at eye level. Great for gawking right at the amazing colouration.

Only ever seen one wolf spider too, come to think of it...
>> Anonymous
>>264581

That's because the damn thing only lives in the metropolitan areas. I've seen one. They're actually pretty small and unobtrusive, except for the bit where they stand up and charge at you.
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Regional Victoria here. I used to see Brown snakes every summer when I was a kid. I've probably got some Redbacks in the shed.
>> Anonymous
Another ausfag here.

Grew up in the country. I've lost count of the number of snakes i've seen, but i've killed eight. usually with a spade or a rake or hoe. (the implement, not the slutty american)

I grew up in the bush. I've seen red bellied blacks, brown snakes, carpet snakes and god knows what else. Redbacks and huntsmen were always a constant companion, and my mother was bitten by a redback. (Although she got help and was fine after a week or so.)

We had to get dingo hunters in specifically to stop a pack that was preying on our cattle.

I grew up in a valley about 300k's southwest of brisbane on property that had been owned since my mothers side of the family had been one of the original settlers.

I love my country, but you cityfags have no clue.
>> Anonymous
>>264592
Yep, I grew up in the country too, but in my area (New South Wales near Canberra) you'd be lucky to see one snake a year. We're always very excited to see them, and make sure they just move on with the least amount of drama possible. I would never kill one. We've only ever seen brown snakes and once or twice a red-belly black snake.

How about lizards? We have hardly any except for blue-tongues and once one with a frill that we assumed to be a frill-neck, even though I don't think they live around here, so it might not be the right kind.

We get funnelwebs and redbacks here too, but not in the house. They stay outside under logs and bricks and water tanks etc. Inside there are only ever huntsmen or daddy long legs or white tails.

I've never seen a dingo, kangaroos and wallabies are rare, and it makes me sad. Possums and birds, however... They're everywhere! I posted a big thread a few weeks ago with all the kinds of birds that live around here. There were about 20 parrots, honeyeaters and tiny birds :D Australia rocks.
>> Anonymous
>>264592

You want less brown snakes, stop killing the blacks. Black snakes hunt the browns, and they also have less venom and tend to be less aggressive. Some farmers kill all snake regardless, although my uncle will personally skin anyone alive who he catches killing black snakes on his property. Also, everyone sees carpet snakes or diamond pythons at some point. And tree snakes. No use bitching about the latter three, just enjoy the fact they're there and keeping the rodents down (and your domestic cats and maltese terriers if you're stupid enough to let them outside).

No matter what section of the world you live in, there is more wildlife in the rural areas than there is in the city areas. Some areas will have more of it and different types too. So you've ended up in an area with a high proportion of dangerous snakes. Lucky you. It doesn't nessesarily apply to the rest of the country. If you don't like it, leave.

Personally, when I go bush, I'm more worried about the feral dogs and pigs. Also, I've never heard of dingo packs preying on domestic animals. I'm not saying it didn't happen but when I'm out and about it's feral dogs or dog/dingo crosses that I generally hear about.
>> Anonymous
Sydney, Australia Anon here.

I remember seeing a Redback in my room once. It was on my dark blue computer chair and I couldn't see it properly so I thought it was like a red ball of cotton that got loose on the chair. I used my hand to roll it off and found that it was actually a redback when it scuttled away. Felt rubbery and moist but I'm so, so glad it didn't bite me.
>> Anonymous
>>264609

Wait- I take the bit about dingoes preying on livestock back. According to my reading they do it occasionally, although none of the properties I've been on- admittedly of the smaller sort, have had a problem. Feral dogs or domestic dogs gone walkabout, yes. Dingoes no.

Well, I suppose you learn something every day. Still, the rest of it holds true. Guess what? My father's been bitten twice by redbacks. He's been told that one more bite will likely kill him. If you're on a farm and in and out of storage sheds, your mum's probably lucky she's only been bitten once.
>> Anonymous
>>264614

Yep, and she knows it.

And no, We never killed red bellied blacks if we could help it.I've only killed one, and that was unavoidable.

No, we didn't kill the carpet snakes. We had two that lived in our roof and ate the rats up there. (Which when you're about 12 is decidedly fucked up very late at night.)

I did leave, but not because I didn't like the countryside or the animals. I'm thankful as hell I grew up where I did, and I honestly feel sorry for all the people in the cities who really don't have any clue. They don't know what its like growing up beside all of these incredibly dangerious but beautiful things, nor do they know the utter freedom of growing up on a farm. And I pity them because they won't understand either.

As for your last comment, we were lucky enough to not have to worry about feral pigs or (many) feral dogs.
>> Anonymous
Well I know, in this country called america, we have pesticides...

If our brothers in ausland want some, I think we can spare it for some oil
>> Anonymous
>>264617

Nah, thanks. We like our deadlyass shit right where it is. If anything it just makes us more observant because getting bitten by something dangerious tends to highten your sense of 'i'm not going to stick my hand under there before looking'
>> Anonymous
Wolf spider I think, you should name her Jeff
>> Anonymous
The two of them, trailed by the Death of Rats, walked into Death’s huge library. There were clouds here, up near the ceiling.

Death held out a hand. I WANT, he said, A BOOK ABOUT THE DANGEROUS CREATURES OF FOURECKS-

Albert looked up and dived for cover, receiving only mild bruising because he had the foresight to curl up into a ball.

After a while Death, his voice a little muffled, said: ALBERT, I WOULD BE SO GRATEFULE IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A HAND HERE.

Albert scrambled up and pulled at some of the huge volumes, finally dislodging enough of them to allow his master to clamber free.

HMM...Death picked up a book at random and read the over: “DANGEROUS MAMMALS, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, BIRDS, FISH, JELLYFISH, INSECTS, SPIDERS, CRUSTACEANS, GRASSES, TREES, MOSSES AND LICHENS OF TERROR INCOGNITA”, He read. His gaze moved down the spine. VOLUME 29C, he added. OH. PART THREE, I SEE.

He glanced at the listening shelves. POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE *HARMLESS* CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT?

They waited.

IT WOULD APPEAR THAT-

“No wait, master. Here it comes.”

Albert pointed to something white zigzagging lazily through the air. Finally Death reached up and caught the single sheet of paper.

He read it carefully and then turned it over briefly just in case anything was written on the other side.

“May I?” said Albert. Death handed him the paper.

“’Some of the sheep,’” Albert read aloud.

-Terry Pratchett, ‘The Last Continent