It wasn't the spider that was crying "help me,help me".It was the fly with the human head,trapped in it's web.Originally Posted by Colapop
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It wasn't the spider that was crying "help me,help me".It was the fly with the human head,trapped in it's web.
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No, that's not a Huntsman spider.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
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This here is though
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I understand the Avondale Spider is actually a Huntsman (or very cloesly related). Blardy big things but quite harmless to humans.
On the White tail note, I looked up "First Aid" and "White Tail" and got "ring the hospital".
It must be a case of needing anti venom although their bites don't seem to be lethal... They just hurt a lot.
I find smacking them with a shovel does wonders
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theres a couple of pics of whitetails & a huntsman and a golden orb
those are female whitetails (the male is smaller & lightly built)
the huntsman is the common one, theres 93 varietys
Golden Orb is similar to one some woman had in her back yard in nelson last year, the web was 6ft+ in diameter
Yee haaaa
You lot are really putting me off having lunch you know
The views expressed above may not match yours - But that's the reason my Dad went to war - wasn't it?
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, .... but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,... shouting "man, what a ride"!!!
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nO-ONE IS ASKING YA TO EAT THEM!
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
Yee haaaa
Hokitika Wildfoods fest is coming up next month - might get the chance then maybe
The views expressed above may not match yours - But that's the reason my Dad went to war - wasn't it?
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, .... but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,... shouting "man, what a ride"!!!
Immature and proud of it.
I've only seen one snake up close, a small Python, and it still gave me the creeps. There must be some primal response in humans to hate the bloody things.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
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I bet they would make a nice mess if you ran one over. Mind you they look so damn big you might bin yourself.
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Snakes is actually quite pleasant to handle - sort of velvety. Still hate the damn things though. Snakes, wetass, and nasty spiders. Kill 'em all on site I say.
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Aaargh - bad rep points deserved. Wetas are great - a national icon
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Good thing about snakes is that you're not likely to get one in the face while you're riding along (hopefully)
Hey Hitcher have you got the article you alluded to last night? From the Dom Post? I don't have a paper or half an arse to find it!
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
Aargh, photos!
Im with Smorgen. I grew up in South Africa where almost everything was out to get you (according to the hypocondriac I work with). I enjoyed living with snakes, spiders, geckos, legavaans and all sorts or weird creatures whose sole purpouse was to eat you.
I still have never been bitten and am always amazed at the peopl who say, "Look how big this whitetail is! Its almost as big as a 50c coin!" Wow, man, I can hoik a loogie bigger that that (Not that I would) but really.
Anyway to answer the question, no Im not fussed on the little bastards in my gear. If I get bitten, I will squash them and then suck the poison out, tie a tournique above the bite and wait for my arm to rot off.
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
Aargh, photos!
Aren't you glad we don't have these critters in NZ. I had one many years ago, the bites were impressive as one of my mates found out.
Go the camel spider
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
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