Somebody should have called Spider Protection Services, rather than dismissing this dangerous man.
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Somebody should have called Spider Protection Services, rather than dismissing this dangerous man.
Well, I did watched Eight Legged Freaks last night. What do you have to say to that?
Arachnophobia isn’t funny. It’s a problem.
This is Australia – its almost certainly lethal, even if it just caves your car in when you try and run it over.
Happy Science Fiction Day
@3 No, it’s not, there are very few “lethal” Australian spiders, and a miniscule number of fatalities from the ones that are. Spiders are a vital part of every ecosystem, and media-encouraged arachnophobia causing people to kill every spider they see on sight is really not a good thing.
This arachnophobic event occurred at my parents house on christmas day.
https://youtu.be/yQutAgxc3YY
Dr Myers, where do you find this insanity….or as I suspect, it finds you?
To those saying this is “ridiculous”, it happened in Australia, where EVERYTHING can kill you. It seems a perfectly reasonable response to something that has invaded your home and will not fucking DIE.
This is what the home invader looked like. You could try breeding them as a research animal instead of the midgets you are working on but you will need a much bigger lab. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/huge-huntsman-spider-handed-in-at-australian-reptile-park-is-countrys-biggest-a3471931.html
Thank you, passer-by for doing the right thing and calling the police. I’m sure everybody is glad that it turned out to be about a big spider (except for the spider), but I’m very glad you did what you did.
@9 ” wrapping its eight legs around a tree.”
For some reason that bit jumped out at me .