[SPIDERS] Australia Still Hell on Earth, Film At 11

Shyria Dracnoir · 04-20-2012, 04:10 PM

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Giant Queensland spider devours snake

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It's the stuff nightmares are made of � a giant spider slowly killing a snake snared in its web.

Cairns man Ant Hadleigh filmed this creepy encounter in a friend's backyard on Wednesday.

He told ninemsn he spotted the brown tree snake snared in the golden orb spider's enormous web.

"The snake was probably a few feet long and the spider about the size of your hand," Mr Hadleigh said.

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The backyard battle lasted several hours before the snake finally succumbed to the spider's deadly venom, he said.

"The snake kept on trying to reach up and attack the spider and every time the spider would just run up to the top of the web."

"You could see the spider just chewing into the snake and the part the spider was eating had gone all black. It was pretty disgusting."

Flarecobra · 04-20-2012, 04:46 PM

As one who has an insane fear of spiders... this is about the only reaction pic that works.

Shyria Dracnoir · 04-20-2012, 05:16 PM

I swear, between this and this Australians can't even walk out to get the paper without running into something like this:

CABAL49 · 04-20-2012, 05:20 PM

I shall train them to smite my enemies. For I am CABAL, lord of the spiders!

Toast · 04-20-2012, 05:38 PM

That's pretty awesome.

So's this giant centipede:

Bard The 5th LW · 04-20-2012, 06:33 PM

Australians are pretty badass to live in Australia.

3stan · 04-20-2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Shyria Dracnoir

I swear, between this and this Australians can't even walk out to get the paper without running into something like this:

I know you're joking but this statement is basically correct. There's a species of spider called white tips, and they're basically everywhere where I live, and their bite can kill you pretty much immediately.

Always relevant to these discussions:

Azisien · 04-20-2012, 08:06 PM

This one actually irked me a little bit. Mostly the "wound turning black and bubbling" within the hour of the fight.

Shyria Dracnoir · 04-20-2012, 09:05 PM

My point to the hippies is that at least most human hunters have the decency to just shoot their prey instead of pulling out crap like flesh-bubbling venom and the few that go for the latter are generally despised. Spiders just straight up don't give a shit about their kills.

Arhra · 04-20-2012, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Shyria Dracnoir

My point to the hippies is that at least most human hunters have the decency to just shoot their prey instead of pulling out crap like flesh-bubbling venom and the few that go for the latter are generally despised. Spiders just straight up don't give a shit about their kills.

No, they just don't have proper mouths so they have to digest their kills externally.

04-20-2012, 04:46 PM	#2
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	As one who has an insane fear of spiders... this is about the only reaction pic that works. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.

04-20-2012, 05:16 PM	#3
Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	I swear, between this and this Australians can't even walk out to get the paper without running into something like this: __________________ Godzilla vs. Gamera (1994)

04-20-2012, 05:38 PM	#5
Toast Existential Toast Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 440	That's pretty awesome. So's this giant centipede: __________________ “How dare you! How dare you stand there acting like your brand of suffering is worse than anybody else’s. Well, I guess that’s the only way you can justify treating the rest of us like dirt.” ~ Major Margaret Houlihan (Mash) “If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are.” ~ Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

04-20-2012, 09:05 PM	#9
Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	My point to the hippies is that at least most human hunters have the decency to just shoot their prey instead of pulling out crap like flesh-bubbling venom and the few that go for the latter are generally despised. Spiders just straight up don't give a shit about their kills. __________________ Godzilla vs. Gamera (1994)

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04-20-2012, 05:20 PM	#4
CABAL49 Not bad. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Senatus Populusque Americanus Posts: 1,584	I shall train them to smite my enemies. For I am CABAL, lord of the spiders!

04-20-2012, 06:33 PM	#6
Bard The 5th LW Feelin' Super! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,191	Australians are pretty badass to live in Australia.

04-20-2012, 08:06 PM	#8
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	This one actually irked me a little bit. Mostly the "wound turning black and bubbling" within the hour of the fight.