Comments for The Wondering Jew

Comment on Another Day's Activities by Katie

Katie — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:38:30 +0000

Hey, you got a few photos of me and my friends at the mardigras over the weekend, wondering if you could email me them? ta x

Comment on Funnel Web Spiders by SisterAct

SisterAct — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:06:16 +0000

Look out for the hairy huntsmen (I don’t mean the human kind). We were driving along in Sydney once and one crawled across the windscreen on the inside…freaky deaky things they are..sooo scary.

Lovin the blogs!

Comment on Funnel Web Spiders by Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:14:25 +0000

It’s a female Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider.
Won’t kill you, but will hurt more than a pinch and punch.

http://www.ozanimals.com/image/albums/australia/Spider/sydney-brown-trapdoor-spider-f.jpg

Comment on Funnel Web Spiders by WonderingJew

WonderingJew — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:12:51 +0000

@Mother Superior I honestly don't know. I normally can't bring myself to kill anything, that's just not how I roll, but in this case I'd quite happily jackboot stomp the crap out of one of these until it was nothing more than mushy spider-paste dripping from my shoe. I'd be a little bit worried about it dodging out the way and sinking its fangs into my foot though. So just run I reckon. Run like Forest Gump.

Comment on Funnel Web Spiders by WonderingJew

WonderingJew — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:07:06 +0000

@Stuart T
I thought it might have been too, but look at this:

http://www.termite.com.au/spider-identification.html

The shape and markings on the abdomen are all wrong. Based on this chart I’d say the most likely explanation is that it’s a genetically engineered super-spider, as it seems to combine characteristics of at least 3 of the spiders on that chart.

Comment on Funnel Web Spiders by Mother Superior

Mother Superior — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:31:37 +0000

So what’s a person supposed to do if a funnel web shows up. Spray mace at them? Pretend to be a rabbit?
Ironically, the Web has no record of the one in your photo – obviously another alien being, and probably a second cousin twice removed of the WTF.
Come home already!! It’s dangerous out there.
x

Comment on Funnel Web Spiders by Stuart T

Stuart T — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:31:25 +0000

That’s a Wolf Spider dude! And yes they are biters!

Comment on WTF is that!? by T'other Matt

T'other Matt — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:47:59 +0000

Reminds me of that “Huge ass beetle”

Hectic

Comment on WTF is that!? by jeremy

jeremy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:14:04 +0000

Nice family resemblance

Comment on WTF is that!? by Damian Manning

Damian Manning — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:32:03 +0000

And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords…