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.
No, I’m afraid to.....
Has the Queen been notified? The Prince of Wales?
Because it’s existence is an affront to God and all his Angels. And it’s a spider.
Now you know, before Adam made his choice, spiders were considered by God to be “very good”.
I like wolfies, I see them at night when I ride my bike down at the lake, their little sparkly greenish-purple eyes are scattered all around.
One of the few creatures in the UK with a working set of teeth.
I asked a dentist about why teeth have nerves and he replied that without the nerve the teeth wouldn’t grow. It’s part of the overall design.
As a child, motivated by curiosity, I picked up a wolf spider once. It cured me of the urge to ever pick up another one.
God was wrong. Perhaps confused. Since they are an affront to God, it stands to reason God, in his affrontedness, was not placing spiders in the proper context when he made that comment. Clearly God was not in a clear thinking state of mind and is an unreliable witness on the matter
The defense rests. ;)
spooky,,, no?
LOLOL!!! damn... i believe it would
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