Clearly the tile should be on top of that spider. Then pressed down. Hard.
In reality, I'd never be able to kill it before my wife had it in a jar or cup and taken out and released outside. She runs a spider catch-and-release program. I call it a spider catch-and-release-on-the-neighbors program.
In reality, I'd never be able to kill it before my wife had it in a jar or cup and taken out and released outside. She runs a spider catch-and-release program. I call it a spider catch-and-release-on-the-neighbors program.
She's running an amusement park for spiders behind your back. They come in, she tosses them in a jar and takes them for a ride outside, they come back in for more.
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Jester wrote:
Clearly the tile should be on top of that spider. Then pressed down. Hard.
In reality, I'd never be able to kill it before my wife had it in a jar or cup and taken out and released outside. She runs a spider catch-and-release program. I call it a spider catch-and-release-on-the-neighbors program.
It can't be any deader than it already is. You can tell because it's not actually perched on the tips of its legs, a couple are curled under, and it's listing to one side.
I'm not a fan of spiders that look like this, or ones that move scary fast - I'm more of a harmless tarantula person myself, I had one in college.
Believe it or not, I had no problems with spiders until I realized what it would be like to kill one of these by squishing ::shudder:: For some weird psychological reason, my arachnophobia started with that thought, and now, I can't stand the things.
Eeeeeeew! Man, am I glad that we don't have that kind of spiders here.
How did you ever get your camera close enough? And the piece the spider is sitting on is turned around - did you plan the shot?
Good picture!
Thanks! Yeah I planned the shot (and camera has a macro setting) - the spider was already dead as there's no frikkin way I'd be going anywhere near it had it been alive. But the reason that the tile is upside down? Bernd got it in one....
Bernd13 wrote:
Yes, it is one tile of the brand new 3D Extrem Hive Edition! So the spider dosen`t crawl on the tile, it is the new spider-playing-piece!
The spider in question is a Sydney Funnel Web - quite a nasty piece of work and it's bite is pretty darn nasty. This was a male that made it's way into my pool (the males go for nice long walkabouts on summer nights looking for a Shelob to make time with).
I was thinking that it would be a nice addition to a BattleLore playing field but it was giving the the heebie jeebies and, well, he's just too spooky.
I only thumbed this so that other people will look at it, and I won't be alone while shuddering and crying in the corner with a baseball bat and a giant can of Raid...
Dear God in heaven, when I first saw this picture it didn't even occur to me that it might be REAL. As I read the responses in the thread, I assumed everyone was merely in on the joke, playing with the idea of being frightened by the fun, rubbery Halloween toy. As it began to dawn on me that it might actually not be a prop, denial, that wonderful survival mechanism, tried very hard to shoo away the encroaching darkness which threatened my sanity. Alas, now I fear I have gazed upon the visage of Cthulhu and any further missives from me will be entered from behind the walls of a nice, secure sanitarium, hopefully safe from any 8-legged, hairy beasts such as I have borne witness to here today.
What really sucks is that my brother in-law just moved to Australia and we have been talking about planning a visit in the coming year. I was excited about this...now I am merely quivering.
Cheers? Phil (wearing my arachnophobia like a shroud)
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wiz8mom wrote:
It can't be any deader than it already is. You can tell because it's not actually perched on the tips of its legs, a couple are curled under, and it's listing to one side.
Which reminds me, Sedge - it must have been an interesting sight - you tinkering with this dead spider, trying to manipulate it to look "just so" in this picture. What did you use? Tweezers? Chopsticks? 10-foot pole? Please don't tell me you used your fingers.
I only thumbed this so that other people will look at it, and I won't be alone while shuddering and crying in the corner with a baseball bat and a giant can of Raid...
You mean the corner with the quarter-inch gap under the baseboard?
Remember, if you are foolish enough to try and squash one of these funnelwebs that you get 1 SHOT! After your miss it will charge at you!
Can it kill a human???
The only spider this size here are in pet shop and it's also a good thing. Must be hard to live with all these snakes and spiders and whatever other creature there is. I guess you get use to it like anything
But it's a very cool pic i'll admit. I don't have a problem with spider but this big could become a problem
Remember, if you are foolish enough to try and squash one of these funnelwebs that you get 1 SHOT! After your miss it will charge at you!
Try??? Miss??? LOL
Let me translate for Spittledung here;
"Try" = "scream like a little girl", "squash" = "run away from", "funnelwebs" = "Horrible, nightmare inducing, blood-curdling, death machine" "miss" = "pass out in fear" "charge at you" = "eat your soul!"
See? With those few clarifications, it makes much more practical advice.
The Aussies probably know better, but I think, if you don't get anti-venom within a half hour or so, you're done.
Hmmm, not sure. I don't think there have been too many fatalities since the introduction of the antivenin, but I wouldn't want to take the chance. I believe an adult would most likely survive a bite, just be bedridden for a few weeks, the biggest danger is for a kid.
Great_Mazinga wrote:
Add some Jack Jumpers to your Hive set. I hear they're great fun to "play" with.
Hehe, we've actually got those nasty little blighters in the bush out back too! And oh man do they hurt when they bite. Perhaps I really should try and knock up an Extreme Aussie Outdoor Hive edition. Especially seeing as I've also had bees try to make a nest in my walls.
Great_Mazinga wrote:
Then you guys also have the box jellyfish, Great Whites, Saltwater Crocs........ .... ..... hmmmm....I might rethink that surf vacation.
Nah, it's not so bad. So long as you stay out of the water. And off the land.....
The second confusing thing about Australia are the animals. They can be divided into three categories: Poisonous, Odd, and Sheep. It is true that of the 10 most poisonous arachnids on the planet, Australia has 9 of them. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that of the 9 most poisonous arachnids, Australia has all of them.
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My partner Erika would absolutely hate this photo.
The second confusing thing about Australia are the animals. They can be divided into three categories: Poisonous, Odd, and Sheep.
They have freshwater sharks, and saltwater crocs. They have one or more of every poisonous type of creature on the planet. They even have poisonous MAMMALS*! What sort of crazy country is this? No wonder we sent our criminals there!
* The Duck Billed Platypus, little darling that it is, has little spurs on it's hind legs with a mildly poisonous gland attached. Apparently, no-one is too sure what the poison was ever for...
I would beg to hold it! I have an unusual affinity with spiders. I can't explain it, I have just always had a thing for Spiders and Dogs. In fact, I try to have a resident spider in every room of the house, particularly the bathrooms. If an existing spider dies or dissapears, I will "recruit" a new spider, typically one that crawls up the bathtub. "Bathtub Spiders", especailly the ones with the thick legs, are just fantastic at pest control. ONE spider in a room means NO carpenters/ants/etc. The majority of spiders WILL not hurt you either. I say WILL, not WON'T, because even an average garden spider *can* bite you, and *does* have enough venom to at least make the bite sore for a bit.
I have not knowingly killed a spider in at least 9-10 years, and I routinely save them from being killed by others. Can't explain it, I just have a thing for spiders!
I remember one time visiting a guy who had a tarantula (LOVE those guys!!), and he let me hold it. He was looking away, and I started "petting" it's furry back. At the very same time, he says while looking in another direction "just make sure you don't touch the furry parts...they have venom in their hairs"! It didn't hurt me at all! One day, I would love to have a pet trap door or wolf spider. Tarantulas are cool, but they are so fragile, and don't make intricate webs.
"just make sure you don't touch the furry parts...they have venom in their hairs"! It didn't hurt me at all!
Those would be the Urticating hairs - a defence mechanism and YMMV to an adverse reaction. The hairs could be likened to shards of fibreglass or carbon fibre - irritating if they get in the skin.
I'm OK with spiders although I'm still a bit jumpy around the big household ones we get over here in the UK, anything over an inch across and I don't tend to pick them up. You see, in our house, I am the one who gets called to rescue the damsels (wife & daughter) in distress by evicting the hapless arachnid. I don't kill them (the spiders that is!, not my family )
Diff.
Regarding the game - I'm no entymologist, not keen on bugs at all, but I'm beginning to like the idea of HIVE.
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