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Giant huntsman spider: The world's largest spider by leg span
https://www.livescience.com ^
| August 12, 2021
| By Jessie Szalay
Posted on 08/17/2021 11:27:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
They big there:
To: SkyDancer
That looks like Texas.
Everything is bigger in Texas...................
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posted on
08/17/2021 12:50:12 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
According tow hat I could find, there are three spiders in the US that are on top of the lists for venom reaction.
“Huntsman spiders are not considered to be dangerous spiders. As with most spiders, they do possess venom, and a bite may cause some ill effects. However, they are quite reluctant to bite, and will usually try to run away rather than be aggressive.”
According to spider.com, a Huntsman Spider bite is low risk (non toxic) to humans, they are non-aggressive spiders, but, a large individual can give a painful bite.
https://www.spiders.com.au/huntsman-spider.html
Black Widow bites are more serious, but they re not normally deadly by themselves.
https://www.livescience.com/51014-black-widow-spiders-misconceptions.html
BW’s are not aggressive. But they won’t be provoked either.
My grandfather was bit and he got very sick, but survived. Most do. The venom is not quite strong enough to kill but with other factors can be contributory.
The violin spider is a lot like the black widow in it will bit when provoked and not try to escape. It’s bite will cause the skin area around the bite to break down and fall off. Not deadly.
wy69
To: EQAndyBuzz; nickcarraway
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3432498/posts
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posted on
08/17/2021 12:58:53 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
To: Red Badger
Nah - Oz, town in the bush.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/17/2021 1:01:06 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: whitney69
Then there was this creepy-crawly ....
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posted on
08/17/2021 1:01:31 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
To: Daffynition
I think those things are actual a stingless type of scorpion and not a spider. Both arachnids !
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posted on
08/17/2021 1:04:40 PM PDT
by
Reily
To: Georgia Girl 2
They are harmless!....................
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posted on
08/17/2021 1:05:31 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/17/2021 1:20:36 PM PDT
by
polymuser
(BLA socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
To: UnwashedPeasant
A Costa Rica chicken-eating spider!
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posted on
08/17/2021 1:44:04 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: Red Badger
Mostly correct, those found in the US are usually no worse than a bee sting, unless you are allergic, then all bets are off.
The most common one found in Texas is the Mexican Cinnamon, I’ve caught 2 or 3. Sometimes also called Texas Cinnamon, not sure which is proper. Gets to about 3 inch leg span, usually runs from you, very shy. One of those I caught I gave to a friend at A&M who was an entymologist. Or studying to be one, anyway.
Makes a great pet actually, dead quiet, never barks, doesn’t claw the couch legs, or tear up toilet paper, never pees all over the carpet, never chases kids, cars or cats and quite inexpensive to feed, a decent sized bug every week or so...
The African Red Leg Tarantula can be, but is not always, deadly.
And they make great sci-fi movies too...
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posted on
08/17/2021 1:48:22 PM PDT
by
Paleo Pete
(The slave does not dream of freedom, the slave dreams of being master.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
This should make you feel better, the totally harmless, curious, cute, and funny
jumping spider:
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posted on
08/17/2021 3:19:07 PM PDT
by
Bikkuri
('You are perhaps thinking of the version filmed in London in the actual year of 1984 and starring Ri)
To: ping jockey
These areas are strictly no-go for city folk. And their little lint-on-a-leash yappy dog pets.
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posted on
08/17/2021 3:27:14 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/17/2021 3:56:59 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Red Badger
the huntsman spider can move up to a yard (almost 1 meter) a second,Get yerself a damn shotgun for home defense against these things..........
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posted on
08/17/2021 4:00:36 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
To: Candor7
In oz we keep the tarantula as pets
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posted on
08/17/2021 4:09:18 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum!)
To: heavy metal
Actually if we were to eat the spiders we come across instead of being fearful of them, there would be a lot less spiders in the world. We could even make "caviar" out of spider eggs and sell it for $20 an ounce at the supermarket. That would decrease the spider population at an even quicker pace.
Humans likely are born with the instinct to be fearful of spiders due to our ancestors being bitten by them. It's time to take our revenge and just eat them. Spider pizza. Spider omelettes. Spider sandwiches...
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posted on
08/17/2021 4:15:05 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
To: Daffynition
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