Posted on 06/10/2015 12:02:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
These spiders don't retreat when approached - quite the opposite
This is the frankly terrifying moment fanged cannibalistic spiders attack.
Mike Rance found dozens of the huge tube spiders living on and around his friend’s home.
And when he put a wooden barbecue skewer near the thick black spiders, instead of retreating like most arachnids would, the spiders lunge.
They are thought to be tube spiders, one of the largest types of spider in the UK.
They have a painful bite, said to be similar to the pain from a bee sting, with pain lasting about six hours.
After the pain subsides, victims are left with a tender area with bite marks.
Tube spiders have six eyes, thick black bodies up to 2.2cm wide and fangs which appear to shine green. They emerge after dark.
Mike, 42, found the spiders in his friend’s house walls on Ludlow Close in Newport last year.
Shortly afterwards, Hadyn Harwood revealed how he found more than 100 of the fanged spiders on his house in Cardiff.
This week, during a barbecue, Mike found that they aren’t to be messed with.
Adding a video to Facebook he said: “My spider is in a bad mood as he hasn’t been fed.
“I thought I would just leave it but last night during a barbecue I used a skewer to get him out.
“I could feel him pulling on it.
“Normally they run out and run back in, but he was quite aggressive.”
He has been feeding the spiders, mainly giving them other insects, spiders and daddy long legs.
“I’ve got used to them and we take no notice of them,” he said.
But, for those fearing an invasion of giant spiders, Mike has some reassuring words.
“It does look bigger on video than it is.”
He added that maybe his eight-legged friends may not be as rare as he first thought.
“They’re quite widespread but I’ve still never seen then anywhere else,” he said.
wow. there’s a lot of great stuff on that site. great quotes and reading.
that, in a word, is disgusting :)
A spider the size of a car would collapse from the weight of its own bodily fluids.
Look at the Goliath Bird Eaters in the Amazon.
Impressive critter, but she's the size of a toy car.
Heck, no. Just let me get a boot and I will take care of it. Yes, I know they have a place in nature. That place is not near me, however.
Terrifying?
Follow the spiders follow the spiders. Why couldn’t it have been follow the butterflies.
LOL
I typoed. I meant a cat. Considering the strength to body size they would be damn hard to fight off at that size.
heh heh heh, round here we have Wolf Spiders, this one is about average size 
All of a sudden I feel something crawling on me...
Still smaller than a Jack-A-Lope;)
runnnnning away “Scccccrrreeeeammmm”
yuck
Hornet spray is the way to go. Nuke from 10 feet away.
Still Laughing My Arse Off.
See post #39.
One of the cool things about spiders is how much of the human population just freaks the hell out when they see one. They sure look not of this earth.
Oh my, that was so funny I’m still laughing! Crack spider seems to have spawned an entire inner city mutation with only two legs.
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