Real, but using forced perspective to make it look even bigger.Is the spider in this link real or BS? http://www.theladbible.com/more/ani...-now-is-this-the-biggest-spider-ever-20161103
Real, but using forced perspective to make it look even bigger.
Is the spider in this link real or BS? http://www.theladbible.com/more/ani...-now-is-this-the-biggest-spider-ever-20161103
Scorpion on a train delays London to Edinburgh journey
Creature got free from passenger’s bag, leading to delay while carriage was checked
A scorpion. The one found on the train was taken to an exotic pet rescue. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
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Rail passengers en route from London to Edinburgh were delayed after a scorpion was spotted on the train.
The unexpected cargo disrupted an Virgin Trains East Coast service heading to the Scottish capital on Sunday afternoon.
Harry Horton, a passenger on the train, said he first noticed something strange when people in the seats ahead of him started standing up and retreating.
“There was something going on at the end of the carriage and I couldn’t quite see what it was,” he said. “A lot of the passengers were up on their feet. All of a sudden a couple came down to my end [and] they said there’s a scorpion on the loose.”
A guard appeared and the scorpion was returned to an ice-cream container it had been stowed in, Horton said.
There was an eight-minute delay at Peterborough while the affected carriage containing about 20 people was sealed off and checked.
Horton said the scorpion appeared to belong to another passenger. “We weren’t quite clear why she had [it],” he said. “The police basically said to her: you’re either getting off here with your scorpion or we’re taking your scorpion from you. In the end she decided to give up the scorpion and give it to the police.”
A British Transport police spokeswoman said: “We were called at 2.56pm to a Virgin train from King’s Cross to Edinburgh and we met the train at Peterborough. A scorpion had escaped from a passenger’s bag, but it had been recaptured quickly and put in an ice-cream box. We have taken the scorpion to an exotic pet rescue in Peterborough.”
To repeat a similar post, shown actual size.
http://www.livescience.com/41428-huntsman-spider.html
:cry:Livescience said:Huntsman spiders, especially Australian species, are notorious for entering houses and cars. According to the Australian Museum, they have been "found hiding behind sun visors or running across the dashboard." These spiders can be social, and dozens will sometimes sit together on dead trees or stumps.
Australians must be laughing at us right now .. they'd probably get it pissed instead ..
They can climb in through the holes in air bricks, through holes in mortice locks, cracks under doors. One technique I've seen them employ a lot is to weave a bit of web on a door, then when somebody opens the door, they swing into the house on what's left of the web. It's like they know what the door is for.There was a bit on a recent episode of QI that got me wondering. They pointed out that when you put a spider you've found in your house outside, what you have done is doomed a house spider to die. Now setting aside the issue that I thought I was being kind to these little monsters when I have in fact staged a decades-long massacre - how do the house spiders get into the houses (or other buildings) in the first place?
Spiders have been around far longer than houses, but if this variety dies if it is outside, how do they populate a house in the first place? They have to come from somewhere, but if I move into a newly built house, away from older houses, how did the house spiders get in when they would expire without a roof over their head? Do they take a taxi? Any ideas?
Outside doesn't kill them straight away.Yeah, but if outside kills them, how do they get from an old house into a new house? How do they survive the journey?
We tend to notice house spiders most in late summer when they're looking to hook up. Most of the time they're ensconced in nooks and crannies in our houses. Only a small percentage of the ones we see in 'house spider season' have come from outdoors, and that's when they're wandering around looking for a mate when it still hasn't got particularly cold out. Once they've done the nasty, of course, their spiderlings will settle down somewhere and grow up in your house, and you probably won't see them until they get randy in their first mating season. Throughout most of the year, house spiders don't move much. They make their webs and stay around them as long as they're infrequently disturbed.There was a bit on a recent episode of QI that got me wondering. They pointed out that when you put a spider you've found in your house outside, what you have done is doomed a house spider to die. Now setting aside the issue that I thought I was being kind to these little monsters when I have in fact staged a decades-long massacre - how do the house spiders get into the houses (or other buildings) in the first place?
Spiders have been around far longer than houses, but if this variety dies if it is outside, how do they populate a house in the first place? They have to come from somewhere, but if I move into a newly built house, away from older houses, how did the house spiders get in when they would expire without a roof over their head? Do they take a taxi? Any ideas?
I've seen spiders coming through an air vent in my room. Otherwise, there are always times a window or door is left open. I believe the eggs of some species can be carried in on clothes or by pets. I'll admit it seems odd you rarely catch a spider on its way into a house, yet there always seems a plentiful supply of the little buggers. However, they're very aware of movement, and probably don't move much if they perceive you moving around.Yeah, but... if they're resistant to long journeys, how do they get into new buildings from old ones?
Sounds promising. But what about the spiders?popsci.com said:Their venom is a potent neurotoxin, but like other spider venoms, it's being studied for therapeutic use — in their case, for erectile dysfunction. They’re aggressive and can grow up to 6 inches long.
apparently Tarantulas, with which he was familiar, amble along at nowhere near the same rate of knots.
Australian spider bite boy saved by massive anti-venom dose
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Image captionFunnel-webs are among the most dangerous spiders in the world
A 10-year-old Australian boy has survived being bitten by one of the world's most venomous spiders after being treated with 12 vials of anti-venom, reports say.
It is thought to be one of the largest doses of anti-venom ever administered in Australia.
Matthew Mitchell was bitten on his finger by a funnel-web spider while helping his father clear out a shed.
He suffered multiple seizures, dilated eyes and began frothing at the mouth.
"It sort of clawed onto me and all the legs and everything crawled around my finger and I couldn't get it off," he told Friday's Australian Daily Telegraph.
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Image captionFebruary and March are peak breeding times for funnel-webs
Matthew's family used his shirt as a tourniquet to curtail the spread of the venom as he was rushed to hospital.
The dose of anti-venom is believed to be three larger more than any other survivor in living memory, the Telegraph said.
The spider has been captured and taken to the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney, where it is now being used in a venom-milking programme.
The park's general manager Tim Faulkner said Matthew was "as lucky as they get".
February and March are the peak breeding season for many funnel-web species with males - five times more venous than their female counterparts - being particularly aggressive.
Find out more about spiders’ impressive skills - from BBC iWonder
The small and deadly funnel-web spider
- Named after their irregularly-shaped webs, funnel-web spiders live in moist habitats - such as under logs or shrubbery - or rotting parts of trees
- There are 40 species, not all of which are dangerous
- The Sydney Funnel-web Spider, is probably responsible for most recorded deaths and the most serious bites
- They sometimes fall into swimming pools, where they can live up to 30 hours under water
- Their venom can lead to heart collapse, affect the nervous system and intestines, and cause difficulty in breathing
- There have been 13 recorded deaths from funnel-web spider bites in Australia - nobody has died since an anti-venom programme began
- Most species live in wet forest regions of the east coast and highlands of Australia, from Tasmania to north Queensland
Darn lucky chap. Nasty set of jaws on that thing.