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anyone know what kind of spider this is? blah
its super hi-res!!!
>> Anonymous
It's a spidus howushotwebus.
>> Anonymous
>>103495
aka transmetal tarantulus of the peredicons secret police.
seriously the body of that spider looks like metal, so awesome
>> Anonymous
Sources say it's a Golden Silk Spider - Nephila clavipes, also known as a banana spider....
>> Anonymous
Damn man, how the hell can spiders be so technically beautiful and awesome, yet so utterly shudder-inducingly creepy at the same time?
>> Amuro !nA4kpJCkfU
>>how the hell can spiders be so technically beautiful and awesome, yet so utterly shudder-inducingly creepy at the same time?

They dunno lol
>> SaVvy
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Arthropods are beautiful in their own right. Most people find them "creepy" and/or "icky" etc because arthropods are so different from us. Exoskeletons, more than 4 limbs, etc. People do not like that which is different from them. Sure, some of the more dangerous ones are intimidating, but just remember that if you respect them and don't hassle them, the chances of them ever being close enough to harm you are slim to none.
>> Anonymous
>>103720
I would kill it, with fire.
>> Anonymous
>>103737
Progressive, 21st Century intellectual thinking processes.
>> Hazard !ErY2TknG0w
>>103720
Fear of spiders (and snakes) is quite instinctual for the reason you said, and plus they move in sharp, sudden movements which we instintually react to because predators would attack our ancestors in the same way. Plus they're often harmful.

I got over my fear by handling a tarantula when I was young, but I'm never going to Australia. The funnel-web scares the shit outta me.
>> Anonymous
>>103741

Quite on par with the century if you ask me.

In any case, spiders can certainly be respected for what they are. But I'm sorry, if they're in my territory, I honestly don't care if they've been blessed by Jesus. That fucker will die.

I fear them because they move way too fast and are poisonious enough to kill me. That means they lose the right to live in my presence.
>> SaVvy
>>103745
I have a healthy respect for Funnel Webs. Those fuckers are just downright mean. I handle most anything else though. Even Bulldog ants can mellow out enough to be handled, though usually food is involved. As far as snakes go, they are understandibly twitchy because all that they have to let you know that they don't want to be touched is their mouth and their speed. Not having any legs makes some things complicated for them.
>> SaVvy
>>103762
I can count on one hand how many spiders pose any sort of threat to a healthy human, only two of which is found in the northern hemisphere. Any other spider listed as a threat to humans just means that it is indeed venomous, but unless you have an allergy it would be about as bad as a wasp sting.
>> Anonymous
If I see a spider I can't stand to be in the same room as it. But I can't bring myself to kill it and too scared to get close enough to trap it and take it outside.

fkn spiders...
>> Anonymous
>>103983
Throw something big at it and squash it with your foot's weight. Maybe like a rolled up large mat. I'm afraid of spiders too, even though I know almost all of them are harmless... seems to just be an instinctive thing that's hard to overcome. Of course, you can just ignore what I said if you meant that you can't kill it "because you don't like killing living things" instead of "because i don't like being that near to the thing"
>> Sean Fury
What's the other one in the Northern Hemisphere? I have a near-phobia of them.
>> Anonymous
let's see you handle a cain spider jackass those things are mean (though not that poisonous)