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  1. #26
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    Re: This was crawling in my backyard...

    Originally posted by Chicken
    This was crawling in my backyard. .... yikes!
    It's only a little spider.....is that why they call you "chicken"

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    it was a biiiiiiig spider. If it jumps on my face the next time I go out there and kills me, then you will know why I much don't like 'em. You'll be sorry...

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    someone should send chicken a bioharzard suit so he can deal with it

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  4. #29
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    Maybe this is a terrorist plot to get Chicken!
    You're lucky that you uncovered it before it got you!

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    Spiders

    Lucky in the UK we dont have any like that....... I hope
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    Ahh! You found my spider that escaped! Send it to me. NOW
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    Originally posted by refcom
    A foot!!!? Per second? I'm going to read that again. WOW - a foot/second!
    yep, around a yard in three seconds. The blighters are all legs after all.

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  8. #33
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    Heh... You should've seen some of the spiders I've killed. The largest spider I seen (inside) was big enough that it covered the light switc plate (that plastic cover around the switch). Big enough to put a saddle on it and ride it

    The largest one I've seen (I didn't get the kill for it) was about the size of a human hand, and the SOB was inside the house!
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    Damn, hes big

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    A Huntsman is nothing scary at all....
    a lot of my friends have them as pets... we catch them with our hands... they are large... but I don't think it bites... if you approach it the right way.... (I am sure you can tell I live down under =p)
    My backyard have a lot of RedBacks... http://www.austmus.gov.au/factsheets/redback.htm
    hehehe... pay me my air fair... and I will come to US to get rid of all the spiders for you ppl.... ^_^
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    holy you dont THINK it bites?!
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    Re: This was crawling in my backyard...

    Originally posted by Chicken
    This was crawling in my backyard. Taken with a digital camera in pitch black so it isn't quite in focus but I was impressed at how well it came out. About an inch long.... yikes!
    That's nothing, I shake 4-5 of these per day from my doormat. To give you an example of the wildlife I am meeting here in rural Florida, one night I heard a bump on my door. Then another. I opened the door a bit and saw nothing. Closed the door, then the same bump bump bump. I thought someone was messing with my nerves. I turned the outside light on and opened the door really quick. There he was, a 10 inch frog looking at me from the doorstep.

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    Big frogs I can handle. Spiders that you can ride or that run faster than I can... errrrrmmm... no.


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  14. #39
    How does it taste like?
    eeeeeekkkk

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    I would not even get close enough to take the photo
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    Originally posted by Chicken
    Big frogs I can handle. Spiders that you can ride or that run faster than I can... errrrrmmm... no.

    *starts to itch uncontrollably*
    Next time I find a nice big spider, I will send it over to you Chicken, so it can play with your little fellow.

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    Re: Re: This was crawling in my backyard...

    Originally posted by timechange


    That's nothing, I shake 4-5 of these per day from my doormat. To give you an example of the wildlife I am meeting here in rural Florida, one night I heard a bump on my door. Then another. I opened the door a bit and saw nothing. Closed the door, then the same bump bump bump. I thought someone was messing with my nerves. I turned the outside light on and opened the door really quick. There he was, a 10 inch frog looking at me from the doorstep.
    Hehehe... Reminds me of when I worked at a local gas station, and it was about at 10 at night, some cops pulled up with ligts flashing, and an officer wanted to know why I set off the alarm. The owner arrived shortly after, and after a breif inspection of his back office is a rather large treefrog set off the motion sensor and was sitting on his desk. I almost got into a lot of trouble with that one ...

    It was quite hysterical, even the police were laughing... The look on the owners face though was priceless
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  18. #43
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    Originally posted by Marts
    I would not even get close enough to take the photo
    He was probably 10 meters away just with a good zoom.
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    Nice spider! Don't kill it! That's bad luck!

    Anyway... speaking of unusual pets... my boyfriend has a hornets nest outside his kitchen window. He lives on the 6th floor in an apartment building. He hans' had a single fly inside all summer (and no hornets either), so that's some really nice neighbours to have. Like a tiny air-force.
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