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Giant spiders invade Australian Outback town
Times Online ^
| May 6, 2009
Posted on 05/06/2009 5:13:24 AM PDT by metmom
Australia is known around the world for its large and deadly creepy crawlies, but even locals have been shocked by the size of the giant venomous spiders that have invaded an Outback town in Queensland.
Scores of eastern tarantulas, which are known as “bird-eating spiders” and can grow larger than the palm of a man’s hand, have begun crawling out from gardens and venturing into public spaces in Bowen, a coastal town about 700 miles northwest of Brisbane.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: australia; outback; spiders
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:13:24 AM PDT
by
metmom
To: metmom
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:20:35 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: metmom
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:23:08 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
To: JoeProBono
It's life, folks, if it scares you just stay under the bed!
I don't think Western civilization can get much more wuessified than it is! Most of us will just die of fear, any day now!
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:27:12 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: metmom
I'm not thrilled with the midget ones
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:31:36 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: metmom
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:31:43 AM PDT
by
DM1
To: metmom
To: metmom
Oz has a not-to-stellar history of importing certain critters to combat other critters.
Then, they have to import a third critter to control the controller-critter.
etc, etc, etc.
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:32:52 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: metmom
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:34:14 AM PDT
by
NavyCanDo
Well, you have a choice.
You can call in Bill Shatner to attend...
OR,
You can just run like hell.
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:34:44 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Satisfaction was my sin)
To: metmom
The tarantula hawk wasp would take care of them in a jiffy.
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:36:02 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: DM1
Yes, I own that movie.
It wasn’t really that bad -once you got past the soundtrack.
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:36:11 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Satisfaction was my sin)
To: metmom
From the story:
They are also known as whistling or barking spiders for the hissing noise they emit when they are disturbed or aggravated at close range.
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:41:36 AM PDT
by
steveo
To: NavyCanDo
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:46:49 AM PDT
by
Birmingham Rain
("Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow." (The Secret Garden))
To: RandallFlagg
i own it as well
part of my Shatner collection
actually i saw it when i was a kid on Creature Double Feature before i even knew who Captain Kirk was
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posted on
05/06/2009 5:47:53 AM PDT
by
DM1
To: DM1
LOL The part when Shatner goes into the basement to check the fuses after the spiders invaded the town and surrounded the house. I’m thinking, “Bad move, Bill,” but thought it’s Shatner. He can handle himself.
And the lady who sees the spider on her hand...AND SHOOTS HER HAND OFF TRYING TO KILL IT?!
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posted on
05/06/2009 6:00:45 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Satisfaction was my sin)
To: steveo
"They are also known as whistling or barking spiders..." That's not the kind of "barking spider" I'm accustomed to....
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posted on
05/06/2009 6:03:56 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: RandallFlagg
oh yeah classic stuff
love the pure Shatnerian when a spider is on his face
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posted on
05/06/2009 6:07:48 AM PDT
by
DM1
To: Joe 6-pack
I’ve always wondered where that term came from....
To: Joe 6-pack; steveo
That's not the kind of "barking spider" I'm accustomed to....That is what I thought. The ones I am used to are associated with a foul odor.
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posted on
05/06/2009 6:09:55 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(The first dog has papers but the President doesn't. How interesting!-cubsfanconswoman)
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