[FuzzyOne]

my dh sent me this newspaper article. this is NOT for the faint of heart. i keep hoping to discover that this isn't even possible <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/scared.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="scared"><br><br><a href="http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/10/23/11601_local-news.html" target="_blank">http://www.cairns.com.au/article/200...ocal-news.html</a>

 

[Leenie]

<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/jaw2.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="jaw2"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/yikes2.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="yikes"><br>
OMG!!! If I saw one of those things I would FREAK. That is the stuff nightmares are made of!!!!

 

[mamajama]

why did I look.<br><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/bawling.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="bawl"> hold me.

 

[a(TM)?Star]

<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/yikes2.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="yikes"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/whistling.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="whistle">hy..why...why...why do I open these threads?<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/banghead.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="banghead">

 

[Doula Dani]

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<div style="font-style:italic;">why did I look.<br><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/bawling.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="bawl"> hold me.</div>
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I'll hold you if you hold me! Oh my god! I closed my eyes as the page loaded- I knew that was a bad idea!

 

[ferretfan]

OMG, my 3 yo dd LOVES spiders (i am a total arachnophobe) she said she'd like to hold that one <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/img/vbsmilies/smilies/cold.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Cold">:

 

[ContentMom]

Ugh! I'm going to have nightmares now. Why did I look?!? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/hammer.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="hammer">

 

[kirstenb]

DH would have nightmares for WEEKS if I showed him that. Spiders scare the heck out of him, for some reason (and he is not easily scared). I'm the designated spider killer in the house.

 

[Unreal]

why yes--this is why I will never go to Australia or Japan.<br><br>
GIANT Spiders.

 

[kirstenb]

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<div style="font-style:italic;">OMG, my 3 yo dd LOVES spiders (i am a total arachnophobe) she said she'd like to hold that one <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/img/vbsmilies/smilies/cold.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Cold">:</div>
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<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/yikes2.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="yikes">:<br><br>
I'm not too bothered by spiders but this made me shudder!

 

[Contrariety]

Meh. It's definitely scary and gross and big... but if you read it, it can't eat the bird all in one go... which is a bit bitter, anyway.

 

[sandybemt]

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<div style="font-style:italic;">my dh sent me this newspaper article. this is NOT for the faint of heart. i keep hoping to discover that this isn't even possible <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/scared.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="scared"><br><br><a href="http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/10/23/11601_local-news.html" target="_blank">http://www.cairns.com.au/article/200...ocal-news.html</a></div>
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holy smokes!!

 

[katie9143]

i closed my eyes and made dh tell me how bad it was. even he was surprised.

 

[sapphire_chan]

Australia, the land parodied by Terry Pratchett as "has no poisonous snakes, they've been eaten by the spiders."

 

[Ceinwen]

I'm glad I'm sitting, because honest to God, my legs would have given out.

 

[sanguine_speed]

Could someone please save me from looking? Tell me what it looks like, gently. lol

 

[OakBerry]

That one is creepy, but the funnel web spiders (the Australian ones) are the scariest spiders imo.

 

[BeckC]

I am very arachnaphobic, but for some reason, that doesn't scare me as much as smaller spiders. I think it's because there's no way that thing could sneak into my house and into my bed. At least with a spider that big you can see it coming and beat it with a baseball bat.

 

[sanguine_speed]

Come ON!<br>
I'm going to have to look now.

 

[sanguine_speed]

That was not bad. That's far more animal than spider, from my spider-fearing perspective.