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New Cave Spider Discovered... with CLAWS

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RPD

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Ya so.. http://www.scientificamerican.com/gallery_directory.cfm?photo_id=1AC9C7D1-F12B-0179-DF7FE9529D8EF93D
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Bring your flame throwers and flashlights.
 
The spider somewhat resembles the brown recluse, famed for its flesh-necrotizing venom—but at four centimeters, Trogloraptor is about twice as large.
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Oregon's caves
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Fuck fuck fuck. Aren't they supposed to find these kinds of things in like South America and Australia?

ISN'T THAT WHERE THESE KINDS OF THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE?!
 
Before arachnophobes get too nervous, though, Griswold notes that the spiders are not likely to be venomous to humans. In fact, they're quite shy. Working with live specimens, he's observed that their behavior is distinctly unaggressive and their main interest is escaping the light as quickly as possible.
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thank god
 
Before arachnophobes get too nervous, though, Griswold notes that the spiders are not likely to be venomous to humans. In fact, they're quite shy. Working with live specimens, he's observed that their behavior is distinctly unaggressive and their main interest is escaping the light as quickly as possible.
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Gee, that's good news for half of the day. Hey, here's a thought, how does the thing behave when it's dark?
"Well, we have a second laboratory that is researching its behavior in the dark. Hang on a second. Hey Dave, how do these behave in the dark?"
<silence>
<more silence>
"Dave? Dave? You there Dave?"
 
Why does ATOT get its panties in a bunch at the sight of a spider?

More than anyone else, I've found Americans to be the most scared of spiders. Any one care to explain me this phenomenon?
 
busydude said:
Why does ATOT get its panties in a bunch at the sight of a spider?

More than anyone else, I've found Americans to be the most scared of spiders. Any one care to explain me this phenomenon?
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The power and prevalence of media and pop culture over education and facts? Also, IIRC, part of the revulsion to spiders in many is an instinctive hard wired reaction built into those who have it over thousands and thousands of years.

Also, it seems to be the "thing to do" on the internet to point out how freaked out one is in a spider thread.

And, Americans are conditioned to not accept any sort of insect in their homes. Compare that to many other countries who see an insect and it doesn't even register to them.
 
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