Spider silk, anyone?

[Itzena]

http://pub169.ezboard.com/feqluclinf...tart=1&stop=20

So where's that spawn, and how much does it drop? :twisted:

[Phabos]

Judging from the first picture, I would say it's a clockwork spider...


Phabos
Drunken Paladin of Brell
Tarew Marr

[Hilbur Helpmate]

Pretty funny

The pictures did not scare me but ****ed if all the reactions to them did not have me crying I was laughing so hard. My roommate is terrified of spiders and the thought of what he would say if confronted with that....

[Cendorly]

Judging from the first picture, I would say it's a clockwork spider...

I saw this thread a few days ago, and got shivers at it, but after reading Phabos' reply, I was ROFL and still laughing.

Thanks for making my day Phabos, it's nice to start the day off laughing

[lonewylfe]

Where does that guy live b/c I want to mark that on my list of places to never go!

lol Phabos

[Morani]

I wonder how many silks it drops....

[Lilosh]

Shut up, n00bs.

I'm camping it! Now go away, or I'll train you.


-Lilosh

[Cyrnan]

We had bigger ones in Panama, called Bird-Eating Spiders. When we stretched one out, it measured 21" from tippy-toe to tippy-claw. Was also thicker in the body.

The wierd bit was the native peoples in Central America catch 'em, toss the whole thing in the fire til the hairs burn off (They're urticating hairs, ie: they fall off easily and cause irritation, kinda like fiberglass) -- and then they pry 'em open and eat 'em.

And no, I didn't partake, thank you very much! Meal worms sauteed in garlic and chocolate covered critters are my limit.

[Farnyr]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO *Deep breath* NO NO NO NO NO NO....


Mommy hold me....I REALLY hate spiders....like....REALLY....HEPL!

[Vascha]

I love to eat crab and lobster, same family as spiders )
Spiders are my friends, that one's welcome to crawl around my place anytime.

[Twofury]

/derail
Cendorly, i love that idea for a RL isty thicket picnic
/rerail

*here spidey*, *hides sewing kit behind back*

[Fallwell]

I saw the pictures and wasn't terrified.
I read the posts and was amused.
I read the thing about cracking open roasted 21 inch spiders and eating them....

I'm deeply troubled now. Thanks alot :shock:

~Fall

[Morani]

MY S.O. is Phillippino and has the typical Phillippino attitude towards spiders: they LOVE them. I thought it was pretty weird that the majority of a culture would have such a friendly attitude towards a creature that is pretty universally looked at with fear and suspicion. Then I learned more about their beliefs and it started to make sense. They view spiders and friends and good luck charms/omens. A home that has a healthy population of spiders in it is considered blessed. (And there's some sort of connection between ancestors and spiders too but since the family is Catholic I've not been able to learn much of the "old beliefs").

Now, I know, some of you are shuddering at the thought of a house full of spiders but if you think about WHERE they are it makes sense: Spiders eat mosquitoes & mosquitoes carry malaria and other nasty things. A home with lots of spiders has no mosquitoes so the people in it are "somehow" spared from the nasty sicknesses; thus the home is blessed.