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Lollipop
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Serena said:I'm not sure about the huge one, Lollipop. It almost looks like two gigantic ones hooked together, eh? Like maybe they're mating.
Well, beauty IS in the eye of the beholder.
And you're welcome, Amos.
I am beholding nothing but ugly!!!!!!!!!
Amos, pal I am sorry if you are all stuffed up call in sick! I hate spiders and could not believe you would put Serena up to something like that!(she seemed like such a sweet person) true colors are shining thru! As Gomer Pyle would say
"Shame Shame Shame"
You thought I was a sweet person?Lollipop said:..... I hate spiders and could not believe you would put Serena up to something like that!(she seemed like such a sweet person) true colors are shining thru! As Gomer Pyle would say
"Shame Shame Shame"
As a famous bunny once said, "She don't know me very well, do she?"
KATHYPURDOM
Steven Seagal Fan
Serena said:Amos, I was waiting for you to get back from your computer problems before I posted these--per your request.
Are these spiders, OR WHAT?
All of you know that I don't mind spiders in my house, because they eat other bugs that I don't like.
But Serena I will have to say no to these. I would have to have someone else kill them if they were in my house. I don't think I could even get close enough to them to get them out of the house.
I'm like you, Kathy. I don't mind taking care of spiders on my own. Being single, I have to.KATHYPURDOM said:
But no way could I touch these--even with a ten-foot pole! Did I ever mention the cockroach incident?
When I was a nursing student, I was volunteering at an old hospital that has since been torn down. Unfortunately, there were cockroaches, which used to really shake me. Finally, the older nurse got tired of killing them for me and told me to do it. I grabbed a huge medical dictionary--at least 5-6 inches thick, and quite heavy--dropped it on the cockroach, then stood on top of it, doing a little twisting type motion. When I lifted the book off, the little sucker just scurried away like nothing had happened.
That was about the closest I ever came to fainting in my life.
pantera
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Serena said:I'm like you, Kathy. I don't mind taking care of spiders on my own. Being single, I have to.
Did I ever mention the cockroach incident?
When I lifted the book off, the little sucker just scurried away like nothing had happened.
That was about the closest I ever came to fainting in my life.
This tory made me laugh out loud Hihihihihihhi
Lollipop
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Serena said:You thought I was a sweet person?
As a famous bunny once said, "She don't know me very well, do she?"
Learn something new everyday!!
That second picture, the guy has on army clothing and there is an American Flag on another arm sleeve! They must be the spiders they have in Iraq?!?!?!?
KATHYPURDOM
Steven Seagal Fan
Serena said:I'm like you, Kathy. I don't mind taking care of spiders on my own. Being single, I have to.
Did I ever mention the cockroach incident?
When I lifted the book off, the little sucker just scurried away like nothing had happened.
That was about the closest I ever came to fainting in my life.
I believe it Serena. Last night we watched a show Animals who are taking over the world. The number one what the cockroach. They said that even if a meter came and wiped everything, and everyone out the cockroach would still live thou it. They can stand tempatures from very cold to very hot, and still live. eeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk
I could see you doing that little twisting mortion on the book
Thanks for the smileThat little twisting motion may have been funny, but watching me high-tail it out of that room afterwards sure wasn't pretty.KATHYPURDOM said:I believe it Serena. Last night we watched a show Animals who are taking over the world. The number one what the cockroach. They said that even if a meter came and wiped everything, and everyone out the cockroach would still live thou it. They can stand tempatures from very cold to very hot, and still live. eeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk
I could see you doing that little twisting mortion on the book
I always think of Cher when I hear things like that show you watched about the cockroaches. There was that old joke floating around for years about Cher, who has changed her image and survived more comebacks than most entertainers.
"If a disaster were to strike earth, the only things to survive would be cockroaches and Cher."
Camel spider/Wind scorpion/Solifugids
I LOVE Google.
I really did just search for "large desert spiders".
Camel Spiders: Behind an E-Mail Sensation From Iraq
Cameron Walker
for National Geographic News
June 29, 2004
This spring, an arachnophobe's biggest nightmare started to pop up in e-mail in-boxes.
A photo of two huge spiders, each the size of a man's calf, was accompanied by an alarming note. The sender said his or her friend—or friend of a friend—knew a soldier stationed in Iraq who had said that these spiders could inject a sleeping soldier with anesthetic, then chew out a chunk of flesh.
Creepy? Yes. But arachnid experts say it's a hoax.
In fact, the creatures in the photo aren't spiders at all. They're actually solpugids, or solifugids (aka camel spiders, aka wind scorpions). Along with spiders, they are members of the class Arachnida.
The eight-legged solifugids have no venom glands, and the largest species is no more than 15 centimeters (6 inches) long with its legs outstretched.
"If any solpugid has anything they can inject, I haven't heard of it," said Rod Crawford, an arachnologist at the Burke Museum in Seattle, Washington.
Crawford has been debunking this and other spider myths for several years. This rumor, he said, spread to Western countries during the 1990-91 Gulf War and has now reemerged and become even more widespread with the return of U.S. troops to Iraq.
"Wind Scorpions" Around the World
In an article in the July issue of National Geographic magazine, writer and photographer Mark W. Moffett tracks "wind scorpions" in the Middle East and closer to home. While in Baja California, Mexico, Moffett and arachnologist Warren Savary spotted a new species in a research station's collection.
"Just as we were about to leave … I spotted one jar that had something I thought I hadn't seen before," said Savary, a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. "I pulled it out and said, 'Oh my God!'"
The new species has a horn on the top of its mouthparts, something that no other species in North America has. "It was pretty easy to see that it was new," Savary said. The arachnologist plans to name the species after Actaeon, a mythical Greek hunter who was transformed into a stag.
In North America solifugids range from Mexico to southern Canada. They reach their greatest diversity in arid regions—one group of species even has comblike structures on their legs that may be an adaptation specifically for living in sand dunes.
I LOVE Google.
I really did just search for "large desert spiders".
Camel Spiders: Behind an E-Mail Sensation From Iraq
Cameron Walker
for National Geographic News
June 29, 2004
This spring, an arachnophobe's biggest nightmare started to pop up in e-mail in-boxes.
A photo of two huge spiders, each the size of a man's calf, was accompanied by an alarming note. The sender said his or her friend—or friend of a friend—knew a soldier stationed in Iraq who had said that these spiders could inject a sleeping soldier with anesthetic, then chew out a chunk of flesh.
Creepy? Yes. But arachnid experts say it's a hoax.
In fact, the creatures in the photo aren't spiders at all. They're actually solpugids, or solifugids (aka camel spiders, aka wind scorpions). Along with spiders, they are members of the class Arachnida.
The eight-legged solifugids have no venom glands, and the largest species is no more than 15 centimeters (6 inches) long with its legs outstretched.
"If any solpugid has anything they can inject, I haven't heard of it," said Rod Crawford, an arachnologist at the Burke Museum in Seattle, Washington.
Crawford has been debunking this and other spider myths for several years. This rumor, he said, spread to Western countries during the 1990-91 Gulf War and has now reemerged and become even more widespread with the return of U.S. troops to Iraq.
"Wind Scorpions" Around the World
In an article in the July issue of National Geographic magazine, writer and photographer Mark W. Moffett tracks "wind scorpions" in the Middle East and closer to home. While in Baja California, Mexico, Moffett and arachnologist Warren Savary spotted a new species in a research station's collection.
"Just as we were about to leave … I spotted one jar that had something I thought I hadn't seen before," said Savary, a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. "I pulled it out and said, 'Oh my God!'"
The new species has a horn on the top of its mouthparts, something that no other species in North America has. "It was pretty easy to see that it was new," Savary said. The arachnologist plans to name the species after Actaeon, a mythical Greek hunter who was transformed into a stag.
In North America solifugids range from Mexico to southern Canada. They reach their greatest diversity in arid regions—one group of species even has comblike structures on their legs that may be an adaptation specifically for living in sand dunes.
Amos Stevens
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Thanks Serena!
There will be a quiz later ladies on spiders And the competitors each get a lovely spider sent to their home for a pet
The spiders are the most misunderstood creatures on this Earth. Many people are quite afraid of them. The scientists were compelled to coin a new word, Arachnophobia -- the fear of spiders. There are about 35,000 varieties of spiders. Out of these, only a few spiders are harmful. On the contrary, they help us by eating insects that are harmful to us.
Spiders are not insects, contrary to common belief. They don't have six legs, wings and feelers like insects but have eight legs and no feelers. They belong to a group called Arachnids. All spiders have strong fangs that they use to catch and hold their prey. The fangs are hollow-needle like structure filled with poison that paralyzes its victims.
All spiders are basically meat eaters; they feed on insects, worms or other spiders. A few spiders also eat small birds, frogs, mice and fish. A spider cannot chew, so they turn their prey into liquid by spraying digestive juices over it and then suck it up. The spiders do not have ears, but sense sound through the hair covering their body.
To catch their prey, some spiders weave their web with fantastic designs which are quite strong and can bear a weight more than 40 times that of the spider. Looking at the web, we tend to believe that man learnt weaving from the spiders. But all spiders don't weave the web. Only a few do so. The web of spiders are generally of three types:- The Sheet Web, Orb Weaver Web and Funnel Web. A spider can defy gravity and can weave its web in zero gravity.
There will be a quiz later ladies on spiders
And the competitors each get a lovely spider sent to their home for a petThe spiders are the most misunderstood creatures on this Earth. Many people are quite afraid of them. The scientists were compelled to coin a new word, Arachnophobia -- the fear of spiders. There are about 35,000 varieties of spiders. Out of these, only a few spiders are harmful. On the contrary, they help us by eating insects that are harmful to us.
Spiders are not insects, contrary to common belief. They don't have six legs, wings and feelers like insects but have eight legs and no feelers. They belong to a group called Arachnids. All spiders have strong fangs that they use to catch and hold their prey. The fangs are hollow-needle like structure filled with poison that paralyzes its victims.
All spiders are basically meat eaters; they feed on insects, worms or other spiders. A few spiders also eat small birds, frogs, mice and fish. A spider cannot chew, so they turn their prey into liquid by spraying digestive juices over it and then suck it up. The spiders do not have ears, but sense sound through the hair covering their body.
To catch their prey, some spiders weave their web with fantastic designs which are quite strong and can bear a weight more than 40 times that of the spider. Looking at the web, we tend to believe that man learnt weaving from the spiders. But all spiders don't weave the web. Only a few do so. The web of spiders are generally of three types:- The Sheet Web, Orb Weaver Web and Funnel Web. A spider can defy gravity and can weave its web in zero gravity.
Lollipop
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Amos Stevens said:Thanks Serena!
There will be a quiz later ladies on spiders
The spiders are the most misunderstood creatures on this Earth. Many people are quite afraid of them. The scientists were compelled to coin a new word, Arachnophobia -- the fear of spiders. There are about 35,000 varieties of spiders. Out of these, only a few spiders are harmful. On the contrary, they help us by eating insects that are harmful to us.
Spiders are not insects, contrary to common belief. They don't have six legs, wings and feelers like insects but have eight legs and no feelers. They belong to a group called Arachnids. All spiders have strong fangs that they use to catch and hold their prey. The fangs are hollow-needle like structure filled with poison that paralyzes its victims.
All spiders are basically meat eaters; they feed on insects, worms or other spiders. A few spiders also eat small birds, frogs, mice and fish. A spider cannot chew, so they turn their prey into liquid by spraying digestive juices over it and then suck it up. The spiders do not have ears, but sense sound through the hair covering their body.
To catch their prey, some spiders weave their web with fantastic designs which are quite strong and can bear a weight more than 40 times that of the spider. Looking at the web, we tend to believe that man learnt weaving from the spiders. But all spiders don't weave the web. Only a few do so. The web of spiders are generally of three types:- The Sheet Web, Orb Weaver Web and Funnel Web. A spider can defy gravity and can weave its web in zero gravity.
Thanks Amos I so wanted all of that information on Spiders, He is still dead if he comes into my house!!!
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