A question for our Australian resident TooCool

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TooCool,

I as our resident Australian on BobcatsPlanet, I have to know if seeing things like this are commonplace in your beloved homeland.


http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w301/bobcatsplanet/giant-spider-eating-bird-1.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w301/bobcatsplanet/0631371000.jpg


If it is, then I must admit that I don't think that I'm brave enough to ever set foot in Australia.

[Dunk]

http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/australia_1.jpg


I'm going to try and go next year. What am I in for?

When's Gillard going to announce the new immigration laws? I've been looking at maybe a 3 year visa for a while. Give me the scoop while you're at it.

[Plowright]

England is a lot safer! seriously, there are no : hurricanes,tornadoes,earthquakes,volcanoes,dangero us animals,guns are ileagal,tsunamis.

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What the hell is that? A spider?

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What the hell is that? A spider?

Yep, a spider that has captured and is eating a bird.

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Imagine if Peter Parker was, instead, bitten by one of those...

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Imagine if Peter Parker was, instead, bitten by one of those...

He would be spider-hulk-man.

[Toocool]

Alrighty then.
I won't sugar coat it for you.
It does happen, and you do get spiders that big over here.
THANKFULLY, not around where I live. All cities and so forth don't have spiders that big.
Cairns is more in the outback of Australia. If you go to our rainforest in Queensland, expect to see Spiders that big (only if you're lucky though).
So from order of chance to seeing bigass spider Rainforest>Cairns>Outback towns>Cities.

[Chef]

as a runner who occasionally passes through a random web or two, this is absolutely petrifying. imagine that thing scurrying about on your face and head.

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Hey Toocool, Have you run across any of these?

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w301/bobcatsplanet/e8d6c9970798a8c7_Picture_8.jpg

[SWedd523]

I don't handle spiders my man, you gotta give me a thread warning or something!

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I don't handle spiders my man, you gotta give me a thread warning or something!


Really? :biggrin:

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w301/bobcatsplanet/tumblr_l1upilpD9K1qanb21o1_400.gif

[BlockParty]

I'd feel safer running into the spider personally

http://totallylookslike.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/tammy-faye-baker.jpg (http://totallylookslike.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/tammy-faye-baker.jpg)

[Toocool]

Thankfully no. I live in Perth, which is on the other side of Sydney (go google map it), it's the most isolated city in the world.
My missus is also extremely afraid of spiders, so I have to kill them for her =P.
Just because we don't see that spider, doesn't mean we can't be screwed over here as well.
http://www.termite.com.au/spider-identification.html
Link to some of our more deadlier spiders.
Generally if the spider's poisonous, you'll be sick for a few days.
I have however seen a massive huntsman. Although not dangerous, the thing was frickin massive. By massive I mean at least 40 mm big.

[SWedd523]

we don't use that stupid metric system over here boy! This is 'MERICA!!!

[Dunk]

I had to google it. :) It's 1.57 inches.

[CatNation]

and here I was thinkin I'd like to visit Australia one day. silly me. I'm petrified of all bugs.

[Toocool]

and here I was thinkin I'd like to visit Australia one day. silly me. I'm petrified of all bugs.

Cat, if you stick to the cities the worst you'll see is probably a few small spiders and daddy long legs. Nothing really anymore extreme than that. Sightings of those badass mothers I posted up are extremely rare to find.

[BlockParty]

Sightings of those badass mothers I posted up are extremely rare to find.

Are we still talking about spiders or NBA PF's & PG's with experience, passing ability and a jump shot?