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Title: How do ya like me now, Toots?
Post by: oldcoastie6468 on January 20, 2014, 10:47:20 AM

Mating ritual of Peacock Spider.

Peacock Spider 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_yYC5r8xMI#ws)

Title: Re: How do ya like me now, Toots?
Post by: Libertas on January 20, 2014, 11:35:11 AM

Yeah.  Still not liking spiders.  Especially big hairy ones, no matter how purdy the color...

Me + Spider = Splat!  No more spider!

Title: Re: How do ya like me now, Toots?
Post by: ToddF on January 20, 2014, 11:45:55 AM

Schwing!  Girlfriend sure knows how to work it.   ::mooning::

Title: Re: How do ya like me now, Toots?
Post by: IronDioPriest on January 20, 2014, 02:03:05 PM

Ya know, when I contemplate the variety of absolutely bizarre looking creatures with bizarre behaviors, and then contemplate my love for science-fiction, it strikes me that there is no creature ever fully conceived in the mind that minimizes the wonder of creatures that actually exist.

In regard to the miracle of life, reality can be every bit as fascinating as the imagination.

Title: Re: How do ya like me now, Toots?
Post by: AlanS on January 20, 2014, 07:27:55 PM

What's really odd is I've witnessed the same behavior by males in barrooms.

Title: Re: How do ya like me now, Toots?
Post by: Pandora on January 20, 2014, 09:33:23 PM

Quote from: Libertas on January 20, 2014, 11:35:11 AM

Yeah.  Still not liking spiders.  Especially big hairy ones, no matter how purdy the color...

Me + Spider = Splat!  No more spider!

Oh, do I ever hear that!  Not watching the vid.  Nope, no way.

Title: Re: How do ya like me now, Toots?
Post by: Glock32 on January 20, 2014, 10:24:43 PM

Yeah I'm a certified arachnophobe. Regular insect bugs don't bother me much, but spiders -- no way. Oddly enough, there are certain types of spider that don't make my skin crawl quite as much. The furry little jumping spiders like the one in this video seem rather non-threatening. The big black and yellow writing spiders are kind of cool, they don't really bother me. And those little spiders with the really long legs, cellar spiders, they for some reason love to build webs in the corner of the ceiling of my bathroom yet they don't really bother me. Cellar spiders are known to be quite efficient predators of other spiders, so maybe that's why I tolerate them.  Any other kind of spider though, hasta la vista.

And my tolerance for the above few exceptions in no way implies that I would be cool with one crawling near me. Their end of the agreement requires them to stay put.