so yeah biggest brown recluse i've ever seen just now...pic

[zanejohnson]

mine wasn't necessarily from the brown recluse bite, it ended up being necrotizing fasciitis when i wound up in the hospital the second day, i had developed the actual boil and i and the doc thought it was a recluse.. probably was, and then i had a bad reaction when i started taking antibiotics, by the next day i was unconscious, they debrided all the dead tissue that spread out of control in a matter of hours once i was septic.. anyway here's the pics:

www.ntin.net/~zanejohnson/leg

 

[xanis]

😵

But the bulldog-ant of Australia affords us the most extraordinary example of this kind; for if it is cut in two, a battle begins between the head and the tail. The head seizes the tail in its teeth, and the tail defends itself bravely by stinging the head: the battle may last for half an hour, until they die or are dragged away by other ants. This contest takes place every time the experiment is tried.

Holy shit. Nature is awesome and scary.

 

[KDOG]

Holy crap. What kind of spider is that?

 

[Mixolydian]

mine wasn't necessarily from the brown recluse bite, it ended up being necrotizing fasciitis when i wound up in the hospital the second day, i had developed the actual boil and i and the doc thought it was a recluse.. probably was, and then i had a bad reaction when i started taking antibiotics, by the next day i was unconscious, they debrided all the dead tissue that spread out of control in a matter of hours once i was septic.. anyway here's the pics:

www.ntin.net/~zanejohnson/leg

epic!

 

[Ichinisan]

Holy crap. What kind of spider is that?

A fake one.

 

[HeXen]

This thread made me take off my flip flops and put on my work boots.
Not sure If I would recognise one or not, we have a lot of wolf spiders that vary a bit in looks and size and the recluse kinda reminds me of some of the less furry ones. But they all freak me out anyway

 

[Gillbot]

Did you see Zane's pics where he almost lost his leg? You should get that looked at.

i'd rather start a thread on it

 

[bononos]

mine wasn't necessarily from the brown recluse bite, it ended up being necrotizing fasciitis when i wound up in the hospital the second day, i had developed the actual boil and i and the doc thought it was a recluse.. probably was, and then i had a bad reaction when i started taking antibiotics, by the next day i was unconscious, they debrided all the dead tissue that spread out of control in a matter of hours once i was septic.. anyway here's the pics:
.....

Wow imagine what would've happened if it bit you in the groin area.

 

[Mixolydian]

Wow imagine what would've happened if it bit you in the groin area.

balls requiring amputation

 

[Fritzo]

😱 D:

 

[Mixolydian]

I see black widows all day... the worst is when thy build a web on your toliet seat, one of their favourite things to do - always check your John before making a delivery! D:

great, now i'll never be able to use the potty! back to diapers...D:

 

[Fritzo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by lxskllr
😵
Quote:
But the bulldog-ant of Australia affords us the most extraordinary example of this kind; for if it is cut in two, a battle begins between the head and the tail. The head seizes the tail in its teeth, and the tail defends itself bravely by stinging the head: the battle may last for half an hour, until they die or are dragged away by other ants. This contest takes place every time the experiment is tried.
Holy shit. Nature is awesome and scary.

I want to find one of those ants, cut it in half, then play this music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AphxyjrH4SE

 

[SagaLore]

let it bite your other leg

 

[bononos]

Is that Schopenhauer quote about the bulldog ant meant to be taken literally? Why isn't there tons of videos of cut bulldog ants?

 

[CZroe]

OP needs to call the hot girl from down the hall to come over and squash it then share the juicy details of what came next with all of us.

 

[CZroe]

Is that Schopenhauer quote about the bulldog ant meant to be taken literally? Why isn't there tons of videos of cut bulldog ants?

Also, I could've sworn that I read that only fire ants sting (others bite or are actually flightless wasps, like Velvet Ants). I must've read wrong.

 

[highland145]

i'd rather start a thread on it

Update?

 

[destrekor]

Also, I could've sworn that I read that only fire ants sting (others bite or are actually flightless wasps, like Velvet Ants). I must've read wrong.

Well, the Bullet Ant also stings, and is a true ant.

 

[dr150]

Sting Pain Index:

http://insects.about.com/od/antsbeeswasps/tp/schmidt_sting_index.htm

 

[Gillbot]

Update?

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2324117&highlight=

 

[EliteRetard]

A fake one.

Hard to tell with the quality there (second gif), but I see leg movement. I think it's real.
There are people who keep tarantulas as pets, and if they were stupid enough to let it get out I could see that happening. If it were a tarantula though, like I said, a fall from that height would be harmful (so they can, but don't normally jump). They are actually fragile creatures.

I have no doubt the first gif is real. There are actually a lot of spiders with similar look/size:

This is a normal wolf spider about the size of the palm of your hand. I don't know what spider that actually is in the gif, this is just an example.

Edit: Fixed pic

 

[AlienCraft]

ive read a black widow is about as bad as a bee sting (unless youre allergic), but spiders are so much more scary than bees that the chance of having a heart attack and dying when you see one on your skin is much higher. i think there are relatives of the black widow in places like australia that have much worse bites. brown recluse is supposed to be one of the worse because people often get staph infections with them, very nasty...

The Staph infection I got from my bite was ugly. Lasted for years. May still have some. Got me a private room last year when I had my hernia repaired. The dead stuff below the surface from the bite was gone in about four years.

 

[Ichinisan]

Holy crap. What kind of spider is that?

A fake one.

Hard to tell with the quality there (second gif), but I see leg movement. I think it's real.
There are people who keep tarantulas as pets, and if they were stupid enough to let it get out I could see that happening. If it were a tarantula though, like I said, a fall from that height would be harmful (so they can, but don't normally jump). They are actually fragile creatures.

I have no doubt the first gif is real. There are actually a lot of spiders with similar look/size:

This is a normal wolf spider about the size of the palm of your hand. I don't know what spider that actually is in the gif, this is just an example.

Edit: Fixed pic

I don't even know what brainhulk's first picture was because it no longer loads for me.

I'm pretty sure the one in this quote tree is fake. That spider hits the guy with a lot of mass and velocity. Seems to weigh far too much to be a wall-crawler. Also, it doesn't even look like a spider. The legs on one side sweep back while the legs on the other side sweep forward. It's more like a starfish with limp legs that drag while someone spins it.

Also, what kind of spider leaps at a threat the size of a person? Bad instinct because it would often end in the death of the spider.

I don't believe that one for a second.

 

[HeXen]

it's definitely fake. I don't see how anyone could not see how fake that spider looks. Also the one with the toilet is also CG fake. Not only does it look like it, but it was admitted as a fake by the creator.

 

[Eug]

Luckily there are no poisonous spiders where I live. I get lots of relatively big garden spiders though. Good subjects for a macro lens:

This guy had spun a web across my living room window.