Big Spider

[Vincent]

PMC wrote:
Don't they belong to the same family group as scorpions?

Spiders and scorpions are both of the arachnid family, so technically all spiders and all scorpions are related :-)

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odin wrote:
Aren't scorpions part of the same family/group in which lobsters/crabs/centipedes belong?

Not quite.

Explanation

Basically scorpions, harvestmen and spiders are arachnids - exoskeleton and 8 legs.

Crabs and lobsters have a shell, not an exoskeleton.

And a centipede is just a creepy-crawlie :-P

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Actually, from this page
Arachnids (Spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks) and Meristomata (Horseshoe crabs) are both Chelicerates, so they are connected in a way.

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{bleep}!

Totally gave me the sh*ts there :-x

Strange thing is - I wasn't that bothered about the first pics you posted even though I'm arachnophobic :-?

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X-ray wrote:
Let's buy Vince a tarantula,
Vincent wants a tarantula,
Let's get Vince a tarantula...


 :evilgrin:

:hammer: on stand-by!

The state you were in when you started this post I think you'd be more scared of it than me :-P

Let's all buy X-Ray a Brazilian Wandering Spider  :evilgrin:

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I thought she was Scottish? :-P

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X-ray wrote:
I saw an episode of Fear Factor that made my hair stand on end.

I knew that one was going to be on the TV so I purposely avoided it :-D

There was a programme on ITV a few months back about "chicken eating tarantulas" that I also knew about (from Fortean Times and another sciency mag).  I saw pictures in the other science mag and it was freakin huge!  It could easily stand as tall as the Queens' corgis!  It was also jet black with very long spindly legs. :shudder:

Apparently there are even bigger ones in the jungles in Africa.

I think I'll have to go hug Obi now (the cute fluffball in my avatar) to calm me down :-)

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blobrana wrote:
@Vincent
Spiders taste like prawns

Don't like the taste of prawns :-P

I know that deep fried spiders (tarantulas mainly) are a delicacy.  And tribes regularly go on the hunt for spiders to eat.  Sometimes it's even seen as a rite of passage.

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Maybe it's hiding because it saw your x-ray stuff and doesn't want to be a radiated spider.

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Doobrey wrote:

X-ray wrote:
I would definitely encourage a few nips then, 'cos then I would become Spiderman!
 

You mean you wanna be able to shoot white sticky stuff with just a flick of the wrist ? ;-)

:laughing:
That's the best quip I've heard in ages!

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So...

How is the little bugger then?

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Dammit!

I'm going to the UGC on Friday...

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:lol: