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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #50 on: June 26, 2010, 06:40:33 PM »
Quote from: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on June 23, 2010, 01:40:30 PM
Spider orgy.
You misspelled "Flamethrower orgy."

Just sayin'.... :D
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #51 on: June 26, 2010, 10:55:35 PM »
Where did you get that picture of the hornet???  I nearly fainted...

The Japanese Hornet is evil incarnate in an exoskeleton.  I saw a Discovery/TLC/AP somethingorother show that had cameras inside a commercial beehive invaded by a 20 or 30 of these things.  They slew 60 THOUSAND honeybees, with zero casualties.  Those jaws were just snapping 'em in half.  There was a foot-thick mound of bee-pieces, and some lustily gorging hornets.  Super slo-mo, HD horrification.
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #52 on: June 27, 2010, 01:28:52 AM »
Quote from: Hutch on June 24, 2010, 07:34:33 PM
I believe that paleo-humans were preyed upon by gy-normous spiders, way back when. 

As much as the DnD nerd in me wants that to be true, physics of exoskeletons prevent it.

Quote from: Hutch on June 26, 2010, 10:55:35 PM
Where did you get that picture of the hornet???  I nearly fainted...

The Japanese Hornet is evil incarnate in an exoskeleton.  I saw a Discovery/TLC/AP somethingorother show that had cameras inside a commercial beehive invaded by a 20 or 30 of these things.  They slew 60 THOUSAND honeybees, with zero casualties.  Those jaws were just snapping 'em in half.  There was a foot-thick mound of bee-pieces, and some lustily gorging hornets.  Super slo-mo, HD horrification.


That sounds awesome! I wonder if it's on youtube....

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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #53 on: June 27, 2010, 01:45:31 AM »
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #54 on: June 27, 2010, 05:38:07 AM »
Quote from: Balog on June 27, 2010, 01:28:52 AM
That sounds awesome! I wonder if it's on youtube....
It is, I've seen the video there before.  =D

30 hornets vs. 30,000 bees
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #55 on: June 27, 2010, 07:34:19 AM »
Quote from: Cromlech on June 27, 2010, 05:38:07 AM
It is, I've seen the video there before.  =D

30 hornets vs. 30,000 bees

The bees getting slaughtered are European honey bees. Native Japanese honey bees have a interesting defensive mechanism that would have allowed them to fend off/kill the hornets.
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #56 on: June 27, 2010, 07:52:05 AM »
I'd love to see that Hornet one in high def,  the quality is awful.

And watching that gives me this nervous twitch to grab a can of Raid..
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #57 on: June 27, 2010, 07:52:15 AM »
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Native Japanese honey bees have a interesting defensive mechanism that would have allowed them to fend off/kill the hornets.
I believe it's called "sushi".
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #58 on: June 27, 2010, 08:34:53 PM »
Quote from: Stand_watie on June 26, 2010, 06:39:48 PM
Stetson in full on combat mode...



I *HATED* that scene in LOTR. 

My wife laughed at me, IN THE THEATER, when Shelob came on the screen, because she KNEW what was going through my head.

Frodo (or Sam - but it would be faster if Frodo started with it) needed Gandalf's Mystic Thrower Of Flame for that part.  Just sayin'.
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #59 on: June 27, 2010, 09:00:01 PM »
Quote from: Stand_watie on June 26, 2010, 06:39:48 PM
Stetson in full on combat mode...



It's a spider, I would be MUCH better armed
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #60 on: June 27, 2010, 09:46:36 PM »
Quote from: erictank on June 27, 2010, 08:34:53 PM
I *HATED* that scene in LOTR.  

My wife laughed at me, IN THE THEATER, when Shelob came on the screen, because she KNEW what was going through my head.

Frodo (or Sam - but it would be faster if Frodo started with it) needed Gandalf's Mystic Thrower Of Flame for that part.  Just sayin'.
What?  Spiders are awesome.
Also, what dork watermarks a picture with his name that he scanned?
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Re: Damn spiders
« Reply #61 on: June 28, 2010, 10:20:59 AM »
Quote from: Mabs on June 27, 2010, 09:46:36 PM
What?  Spiders are awesome.
Also, what dork watermarks a picture with his name that he scanned?

Going out on a limb here- Eriol?
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