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Apparently they expected it?
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What seems to be the problem here ?
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Claude wrote:What seems to be the problem here ?
...the fact that when you open the door, you'd squish a spider and have it all over your hand...and there is no tap in sight to rinse it off. :yuck:
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Call that a giant spider?

Now that's

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a giant spider!

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:yikes: :flee:
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I once had a spider in my car. Not that big, but big enough. Unfortunately I was driving when I discovered it.

Fortunately I wasn't driving very fast at the time. I ran into a parked car. I was fine, my car was worth so little anyway that insurance wrote it off. The other car was able to be repaired.

Even non poisonous spiders can be dangerous- though I must admit I didn't find out whether it was a poisonous variety or not.

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Apparently they won't bother you if you don't annoy them. So they also serve to keep the human gene pool healthy... who is insane enough to go and annoy something like that? Apparently there are bigger versions of such bird spiders in South America. Behold... the Goliath Bird Spider:

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Now that's a :yikes: :flee:

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GeoffW wrote:I once had a spider in my car. Not that big, but big enough.
I reckon the one living in my lounge room at the moment is about the size of the car door one. Doesn't take up much room, so what the heck.

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GeoffW wrote:I once had a spider in my car. Not that big, but big enough. Unfortunately I was driving when I discovered it.

Fortunately I wasn't driving very fast at the time. I ran into a parked car. I was fine, my car was worth so little anyway that insurance wrote it off. The other car was able to be repaired.

Even non poisonous spiders can be dangerous- though I must admit I didn't find out whether it was a poisonous variety or not.
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You Aussie's (and your wildlife) are :crazy:
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An African is telling an Australian about scary wildlife?

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6 or 8 legs are scarier than four!
Poison is worse than fangs, horns and tusks!
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I think I would rather have a spider in my car with me than a snake. About 20 years ago when I lived near Houston, we experienced a deluge from the Gulf that caused widespread flooding. I fellow driving to work in his pickup truck had a large cottonmouth moccasin drop down from under the dashboard onto his legs while he was driving on the freeway at 65+mph. I managed to stop the truck safely but he was bitten once by the snake and had to be taken to the emergency department for anti-venom treatment.
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Some days I'm glad I live in the UK. I like safe and boring!
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Rudi wrote:6 or 8 legs are scarier than four!
Poison is worse than fangs, horns and tusks!
I've heard that far more people get killed by hippos than by all poisonous and toothed creatures in Australia combined.

And as for rhinos. If a national park had a rhino, how much would it charge?

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StuartR wrote:Some days I'm glad I live in the UK. I like safe and boring!
But then there's the weather in the UK...

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GeoffW wrote:But then there's the weather in the UK...
We do need something to talk about...
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GeoffW wrote:And as for rhinos. If a national park had a rhino, how much would it charge?
I'd be lion if I said it'd be free of charge...
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Rudi wrote:6 or 8 legs are scarier than four!
Poison is worse than fangs, horns and tusks!
Apparently, the most dangerous beast in Australia is the horse, with more human deaths associated with horses than any other creature.

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