Text only | Text with Images

THeBlueCashew

General Discussion => The Flea Trap => Topic started by: Annie on May 18, 2015, 09:01:11 PM

Title: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 18, 2015, 09:01:11 PM
Thousands of baby spiders are falling in Australia! Didn't this happen last year too? Yikes! Leo, are they all over your house?  ac_wot



http://distractify.com/beth-buczynski/spiders-are-falling-from-the-sky-in-australia-right-now/
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2015, 09:04:05 PM
Quote from: "Annie"Thousands of baby spiders are falling in Australia! Didn't this happen last year too? Yikes! Leo, are they all over your house?  ac_wot



http://distractify.com/beth-buczynski/spiders-are-falling-from-the-sky-in-australia-right-now/

I wish we had immigrated to Aus instead of Canada, but then I think about all the creepy crawlers in that country. Then there are all the spiders. ac_razz  ac_toofunny
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 18, 2015, 09:06:32 PM
Ya, I couldn't handle thousands of spiders migrating from the sky every year, yuckadoo!
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2015, 09:07:43 PM
Quote from: "Annie"Ya, I couldn't handle thousands of spiders migrating from the sky every year, yuckadoo!

Poisonous spiders and snakes.....YIKES!!
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 18, 2015, 09:11:11 PM
Dingos, spiders and snakes oh my! lol
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 18, 2015, 09:13:01 PM
Apparently, this same phenonium is happening in Texas too.  ac_wot
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Bricktop on May 18, 2015, 09:16:20 PM
Its normal. Happens all the time. They aren't venomous.



Our critters are harmless and very friendly.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: RW on May 18, 2015, 09:17:22 PM
HAHAHAHA!  Yeah right!
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Bricktop on May 18, 2015, 09:20:17 PM
Trust me...I'm an Australian!!!



Oh. And OUR critters don't usually rifle our garbage and scatter it everywhere in the wee small hours!!! Or trash our cars looking for apples!!!
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: RW on May 18, 2015, 09:21:53 PM
At least we can see ours coming :P. Yours will fuck you up and you won't even know what hit you.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2015, 09:24:38 PM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Trust me...I'm an Australian!!!



Oh. And OUR critters don't usually rifle our garbage and scatter it everywhere in the wee small hours!!! Or trash our cars looking for apples!!!

You must mean raccoons. We don't have that many if any where I live.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: RW on May 18, 2015, 09:34:08 PM
He's talking about the bear that regularly stomps the shit out of my garbage cans.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 18, 2015, 09:34:24 PM
We have racoons here, every year a few babies get stuck inside a dumpster and need to be rescued.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2015, 09:46:43 PM
Quote from: "Annie"We have racoons here, every year a few babies get stuck inside a dumpster and need to be rescued.

Southern Ontario/New York/Michigan have a lot of the bandits.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2015, 10:34:01 PM
Quote from: "Annie"Thousands of baby spiders are falling in Australia! Didn't this happen last year too? Yikes! Leo, are they all over your house?  ac_wot



http://distractify.com/beth-buczynski/spiders-are-falling-from-the-sky-in-australia-right-now/

Oh my Annie.

 ac_wot
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 18, 2015, 10:38:43 PM
Last summer hubby and I rescued a couple babies stuck in a dumpster. We stuck a long 2 x 4 in and they crawled up and out. They were so cute chattering, trying to figure out how to get out. Once out they sat on the edge and looked at us as if to say "hey, thanks!" lol
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Renee on May 18, 2015, 10:44:17 PM
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Annie"We have racoons here, every year a few babies get stuck inside a dumpster and need to be rescued.

Southern Ontario/New York/Michigan have a lot of the bandits.


You will find Raccoons just about everywhere in the lower 48.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2015, 10:47:04 PM
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Annie"We have racoons here, every year a few babies get stuck inside a dumpster and need to be rescued.

Southern Ontario/New York/Michigan have a lot of the bandits.


You will find Raccoons just about everywhere in the lower 48.

They are an interesting animal..



They have hands that can take lids off of trash cans.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 18, 2015, 10:50:45 PM
And they're quite sociable,  a few years ago there were like 15 of them conjugating in our yard a couple nights. I guess they didn't know how to get the bbq to work and they forgot to bring beer.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Renee on May 18, 2015, 10:56:29 PM
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Annie"We have racoons here, every year a few babies get stuck inside a dumpster and need to be rescued.

Southern Ontario/New York/Michigan have a lot of the bandits.


You will find Raccoons just about everywhere in the lower 48.

They are an interesting animal..



They have hands that can take lids off of trash cans.


They are also highly adaptable animals. They thrive in places like Central Park in NYC just as well as the do in rural areas. Despite looking cute and cuddly they are also dangerous and can be quite vicious when they feel threatened. Unfortunately they are also an animal that is prone to falling victim to rabies epidemics which can make them very aggressive. You never want to get on the bad side of an adult raccoon because they can fuck you up.



But on a lighter note, I never heard of one stealing a baby. As in "A DINGO STOLE MY BABY!!!!!".  ac_razz
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2015, 11:01:29 PM
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Annie"We have racoons here, every year a few babies get stuck inside a dumpster and need to be rescued.

Southern Ontario/New York/Michigan have a lot of the bandits.


You will find Raccoons just about everywhere in the lower 48.

They are an interesting animal..



They have hands that can take lids off of trash cans.


They are also highly adaptable animals. They thrive in places like Central Park in NYC just as well as the do in rural areas. Despite looking cute and cuddly they are also dangerous and can be quite vicious when they feel threatened. Unfortunately they are also an animal that is prone to falling victim to rabies epidemics which can make them very aggressive. You never want to get on the bad side of an adult raccoon because they can fuck you up.



But on a lighter note, I never heard of one stealing a baby. As in "A DINGO STOLE MY BABY!!!!!".  ac_razz

They must be clever animals if they have adapted to living among people..



Coyotes have become urban dwellers too.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 18, 2015, 11:05:53 PM
We've got lots of coyotes too, and now more cougars. Oh and bobcats lately too.  Every year we see a few bears and a few deer. One time hubby and I looked outside and saw 2 young bucks with full antlers walking down the road.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2015, 11:09:39 PM
Quote from: "Annie"We've got lots of coyotes too, and now more cougars. Oh and bobcats lately too.  Every year we see a few bears and a few deer. One time hubby and I looked outside and saw 2 young bucks with full antlers walking down the road.

There was a female moose and calf near my house in March.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Renee on May 18, 2015, 11:21:05 PM
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Annie"We have racoons here, every year a few babies get stuck inside a dumpster and need to be rescued.

Southern Ontario/New York/Michigan have a lot of the bandits.


You will find Raccoons just about everywhere in the lower 48.

They are an interesting animal..



They have hands that can take lids off of trash cans.


They are also highly adaptable animals. They thrive in places like Central Park in NYC just as well as the do in rural areas. Despite looking cute and cuddly they are also dangerous and can be quite vicious when they feel threatened. Unfortunately they are also an animal that is prone to falling victim to rabies epidemics which can make them very aggressive. You never want to get on the bad side of an adult raccoon because they can fuck you up.



But on a lighter note, I never heard of one stealing a baby. As in "A DINGO STOLE MY BABY!!!!!".  ac_razz

They must be clever animals if they have adapted to living among people..



Coyotes have become urban dwellers too.


Coyotes are here in too. They captured one in Lower Manhattan last month and I was watching the local new tonight and saw a report that a coyote attacked a small dog in an NJ. town less than 15 miles outside NYC.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2015, 11:58:16 PM
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Annie"We have racoons here, every year a few babies get stuck inside a dumpster and need to be rescued.

Southern Ontario/New York/Michigan have a lot of the bandits.


You will find Raccoons just about everywhere in the lower 48.

They are an interesting animal..



They have hands that can take lids off of trash cans.


They are also highly adaptable animals. They thrive in places like Central Park in NYC just as well as the do in rural areas. Despite looking cute and cuddly they are also dangerous and can be quite vicious when they feel threatened. Unfortunately they are also an animal that is prone to falling victim to rabies epidemics which can make them very aggressive. You never want to get on the bad side of an adult raccoon because they can fuck you up.



But on a lighter note, I never heard of one stealing a baby. As in "A DINGO STOLE MY BABY!!!!!".  ac_razz

They must be clever animals if they have adapted to living among people..



Coyotes have become urban dwellers too.


Coyotes are here in too. They captured one in Lower Manhattan last month and I was watching the local new tonight and saw a report that a coyote attacked a small dog in an NJ. town less than 15 miles outside NYC.

I was watching on the Nature of Things coyote and wold hybrids have been spotted within greater New York city.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 19, 2015, 12:38:02 AM
I heard that too Fash, I think it's because us humans are pushing them out of they're natural habitats and now they have no where to go but into what is now ours :(
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Bricktop on May 19, 2015, 01:02:20 AM
That's because dingo's are the same size as wolves, buttercup.



Raccoons are just big cats.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 19, 2015, 01:06:10 AM
Racoons can easily take a cat too! I've heard a few neighbors talk about their cat fighting racoons and losing.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: RW on May 19, 2015, 01:08:59 AM
I hear it all the time.  I've seen plenty raccoons and coyotes :)
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Bricktop on May 19, 2015, 01:52:55 AM
Have you ever seen a dingo?
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: RW on May 19, 2015, 01:56:39 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Have you ever seen a dingo?

Not in person, no.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Bricktop on May 19, 2015, 02:20:42 AM
Exactly.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: RW on May 19, 2015, 02:22:27 AM
Exactly what?
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Annie on May 19, 2015, 03:10:27 AM
haha
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: RW on May 19, 2015, 03:17:12 AM
ac_biggrin
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Odinson on May 19, 2015, 05:34:57 AM
The animal life in Australia sucks...



I take bears and wolves anyday over some fucking poisonous spiders.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Renee on May 19, 2015, 10:55:48 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Have you ever seen a dingo?


Yes and they are not that impressive.

 

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.quickmeme.com/img/25/25ef3c9124993aa6e0fdec62ae01816c032ee817dd7692f4f79620d1af2c8f71.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://www.quickmeme.com/img/25/25ef3c9%20...%202c8f71.jpg%22%3Ehttp://www.quickmeme.com/img/25/25ef3c9124993aa6e0fdec62ae01816c032ee817dd7692f4f79620d1af2c8f71.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Bricktop on May 19, 2015, 07:33:13 PM
No?



Bring your baby when you come to Oz.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Renee on May 19, 2015, 09:52:08 PM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"No?



Bring your baby when you come to Oz.


We have a canine in the US similar to the Dingo. They are called Carolina dogs. They are descents of feral dogs native to the Carolinas and the difference is, we keep them as pets. So most Americans aren't going to be impressed by a frickin Dingo.



Now impressive is the North America timber or grey wolf. 100 pounds of canine killer. Those dudes look you over like you owe them money and they don't bother stealing your baby; they'll come right in your house, impregnated your dog and steal your TV.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Bricktop on May 19, 2015, 10:12:29 PM
I am sure your wolf is badass. We can feed wild dingos by hand...but that says more about us than them.



Our critters are cute, and somewhat alluring, like THIS one...



(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.oceanwideimages.com/images/5935/large/southern-blue-ringed-octopus-24M1633-23.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://www.oceanwideimages.com/images/5%20...%20633-23.jpg%22%3Ehttp://www.oceanwideimages.com/images/5935/large/southern-blue-ringed-octopus-24M1633-23.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E). The world's cutest l'il octopus, around the size of a table tennis ball.



How bout this sweetheart..the endearing stonefish...



(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/1766/mn010596.jpg%22%3Ehttp://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/1766/mn010596.jpg%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)...he just sits on the ocean floor and plays like a rock.



One of may favourites...



(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.think-tasmania.com/wp-content/uploads/save-the-tasmanian-devil-03.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://www.think-tasmania.com/wp-conten%20...%20vil-03.jpg%22%3Ehttp://www.think-tasmania.com/wp-content/uploads/save-the-tasmanian-devil-03.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)



The Tasmanian devil has an exceptionally strong bite for its size, generating a force of over 553 N (124 lbf).[48] The jaw can open to 75–80 degrees, allowing the devil to generate the large amount of power to tear meat and crush bones[45]—sufficient force to allow it to bite through thick metal wire. He will take your hand off in around 20 seconds. Now THAT'S hospitality.



Are ants your thing?



(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.abc.net.au/health/yourstories/img/mnigrocincta.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://www.abc.net.au/health/yourstorie%20...%20cincta.jpg%22%3Ehttp://www.abc.net.au/health/yourstories/img/mnigrocincta.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E). These little tykes actually jump into the air to greet you if you walk near their nest. They're so happy to see you. Er...their bite can be fatal, though.



See. Happy, friendly, funny critters.
Title: Re: Thousands of Baby Spiders!
Post by: Bricktop on May 21, 2015, 07:51:01 PM




Babies, babies everywhere.



BTW, its NOT South Australia.
Text only | Text with Images