Swarming tarantulas drop down on crowd, then sheer panic!

racerboy71

racerboy71

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keepitcoastal said:
I know Iv woken up with a cockroach crawling on my lower lip. You'd think that would be enough to get me to sleep closed mouthed
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ewww.. my one sister is a nurse ww, and works in one of the worst rated cities in the country murder wise, and she's gotten a few kids in the er who have had cockroaches climb into their ears as they slept and couldn't get them out...
i'd freak out over that shit, no way, no how..
 
Carne Seca

Carne Seca

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Those aren't tarantulas. No one seems to know what species they are. They have even speculated that it might be a new species or an introduced species like a Funnel Web spider from Australia. I have enough creepy crawlies here in good old New Mexico including foot long desert centipedes. We don't need any more, thank you.
 
Metasynth

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Fuck me...this reminded me of something that happened to me about 6 or 7 years ago. I was over at one of my friends houses one afternoon, just smoking and relaxing. We decided to go on a hike just to get out of the house, I can't remember why...lol...But anyway, it's about an hour before sunset, so we leave right then to make sure we have enough time to finish the hike...I guess that contributed to the experience.

So we drive to this trailhead a few minutes away, and hike to this spot with like a waterfall and rope swing above. We're chilling smoking by the waterfall, and decide to hit the rope swing up before we left the spot, cause it was starting to get dark. You gotta scramble up this little rock wall to get to the rope swing, and my buddy goes first...He's like halfway up the wall when it catches my eye...

I called out "What the fuck it that thing", and proced to point at a millipede that was 10 inches long, as at thick as a highlighter. We both know they're not poisonous unless you try to eat 'em, so he's like "whatever, come on"...Then I saw another one...so I tolod him "No way, there's another one...And another!"

It was just about that moment, when the sun was dipping below the mountains, and these things started coming out of the woodworks...Now, I've told this story and it's hard to bet people to believe me, that within 60 seconds of the sun going behind the mountain, there were literally MILLIONS of these things everywhere...All over the place. I couldn't believe it, it was one the the most bizarre swarms I had ever seen. By this time, we were on out way out in a hurry!

So we're sprinting down the trail, half amazed, and halfway in sheer terror. They were everywhere, crunching underneath our feet as we''re running bback to the car. When we got back to the car, and scraped the goo off our shoes, and couldn't believe what had just happened. It was definately something I'll remember for the rest of my life.

 
scroglodyte

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Metasynth said:
Fuck me...this reminded me of something that happened to me about 6 or 7 years ago. I was over at one of my friends houses one afternoon, just smoking and relaxing. We decided to go on a hike just to get out of the house, I can't remember why...lol...But anyway, it's about an hour before sunset, so we leave right then to make sure we have enough time to finish the hike...I guess that contributed to the experience.

So we drive to this trailhead a few minutes away, and hike to this spot with like a waterfall and rope swing above. We're chilling smoking by the waterfall, and decide to hit the rope swing up before we left the spot, cause it was starting to get dark. You gotta scramble up this little rock wall to get to the rope swing, and my buddy goes first...He's like halfway up the wall when it catches my eye...

I called out "What the fuck it that thing", and proced to point at a millipede that was 10 inches long, as at thick as a highlighter. We both know they're not poisonous unless you try to eat 'em, so he's like "whatever, come on"...Then I saw another one...so I tolod him "No way, there's another one...And another!"

It was just about that moment, when the sun was dipping below the mountains, and these things started coming out of the woodworks...Now, I've told this story and it's hard to bet people to believe me, that within 60 seconds of the sun going behind the mountain, there were literally MILLIONS of these things everywhere...All over the place. I couldn't believe it, it was one the the most bizarre swarms I had ever seen. By this time, we were on out way out in a hurry!

So we're sprinting down the trail, half amazed, and halfway in sheer terror. They were everywhere, crunching underneath our feet as we''re running bback to the car. When we got back to the car, and scraped the goo off our shoes, and couldn't believe what had just happened. It was definately something I'll remember for the rest of my life.

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i'd freak out.....lol. Temple of Doom stuff.........
 
Winter Woman

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racerboy71 said:
ewww.. my one sister is a nurse ww, and works in one of the worst rated cities in the country murder wise, and she's gotten a few kids in the er who have had cockroaches climb into their ears as they slept and couldn't get them out...
i'd freak out over that shit, no way, no how..
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Maybe we should sell ear plugs and call them anti-cockroach orifice blockers. They could come in nice fashion colors like Cockroach Blocker Black or Cockroach Blocker Blue. We could market them in a combo package and call them Cocks Black and Blue. Or maybe even Block Your Cock?
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Metasynth said:
Fuck me...this reminded me of something that happened to me about 6 or 7 years ago. I was over at one of my friends houses one afternoon, just smoking and relaxing. We decided to go on a hike just to get out of the house, I can't remember why...lol...But anyway, it's about an hour before sunset, so we leave right then to make sure we have enough time to finish the hike...I guess that contributed to the experience.

So we drive to this trailhead a few minutes away, and hike to this spot with like a waterfall and rope swing above. We're chilling smoking by the waterfall, and decide to hit the rope swing up before we left the spot, cause it was starting to get dark. You gotta scramble up this little rock wall to get to the rope swing, and my buddy goes first...He's like halfway up the wall when it catches my eye...

I called out "What the fuck it that thing", and proced to point at a millipede that was 10 inches long, as at thick as a highlighter. We both know they're not poisonous unless you try to eat 'em, so he's like "whatever, come on"...Then I saw another one...so I tolod him "No way, there's another one...And another!"

It was just about that moment, when the sun was dipping below the mountains, and these things started coming out of the woodworks...Now, I've told this story and it's hard to bet people to believe me, that within 60 seconds of the sun going behind the mountain, there were literally MILLIONS of these things everywhere...All over the place. I couldn't believe it, it was one the the most bizarre swarms I had ever seen. By this time, we were on out way out in a hurry!

So we're sprinting down the trail, half amazed, and halfway in sheer terror. They were everywhere, crunching underneath our feet as we''re running bback to the car. When we got back to the car, and scraped the goo off our shoes, and couldn't believe what had just happened. It was definately something I'll remember for the rest of my life.

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It was just dinnertime
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Winter Woman said:
It was just dinnertime
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Not funny, well, sorta :) ...I'm not exaggerating when I said there were millions...We stepped on hundreds just sprinting back to the car...Definately a strange phenomena, but they were probably just about to have a big ol' buggy orgy.
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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here is more of the story. Makes me wonder if they changed behavior like the Asian Carp did when they were introduced to a new environment.

They attacked in waves! Time to move.

Funnel-web spiders (or tarantulas, or another unknown species) like the one shown invaded a town in India.



An army of venomous spiders invaded a town in India, killing two people -- and scientists still don't know much about the arachnids or where they came from.


Like in a scene from the movie "Arachnophobia," droves of eight-legged pests invaded the town of Sadiya in May, during a Hindu festival. Witnesses said the creepy crawlies latched onto and bit anything that moved or breathed, according to The Times of India.
Doctors today are still trying to figure out what venom the spiders emit, but they do know that they killed two people -- a man, Purnakanta Buragohain, and an unidentified boy. They injured many others. Resident Jintu Gogoi told the paper that he spent a day in the hospital experiencing extreme pain and nausea over a mere finger bite.


The spiders were highly aggressive and came in waves to wreak havoc, locals said.


Not much is known about this menace. "It leaps at anything that comes close. Some of the victims claimed the spider latched on to them after biting," Dibrugarh University Dr. L.R. Saikia told Fox News.


"If that is so, it needs to be dealt with carefully. The chelicerae and fangs of this critter are quite powerful."
The problem was so bad, Sadiya authorities considered spraying the town with DDT, despite the insecticide's health risks.

Arachnid experts are working on identifying the species, but haven't nailed down an answer. Speculation includes tarantulas, black wishbones or funnel-web spider. The consensus appears to be that there's no way the spiders that attacked Sadiya were native to the area.
Researchers are also still testing the toxicity of the venom.
 
ANC

ANC

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Ironicaly the spiders are doing the plants a big favour by discourageing pests and feeders.
 
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