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Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« on: March 29, 2017, 02:49:50 am »
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Spiders are quite literally all around us. A recent entomological survey of North Carolina homes turned up spiders in 100 percent of them, including 68 percent of bathrooms and more than three-quarters of bedrooms. There's a good chance at least one spider is staring at you right now, sizing you up from a darkened corner of the room, eight eyes glistening in the shadows.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/28/spiders-could-theoretically-eat-every-human-on-earth-in-one-year/?utm_term=.bc899c46ced6

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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2017, 03:16:18 am »
You know, it occurs to me now that I probably shouldn't have clicked on this article, right before bedtime ...
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2017, 05:26:37 am »
Same here.  I don't dare go to bed any time soon.   22222frying pan
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2017, 05:45:11 am »
I don't think I like this thread  :chairbang:
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2017, 01:21:16 pm »
Spiders don't bother me. I don't have any interest in picking them up but otherwise we're cool.

What bothers me is June bugs in my room at night. I know they're completely harmless but I know that the bug that spends its time crashing into the walls, ceiling, and floor is going to crash into my face about the time I drift off to sleep.
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2017, 01:33:33 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on March 29, 2017, 01:26:31 pm


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150518-spiders-australia-silk-webs-animals-environment/

Sweet mother of pearl!  I thought that was snow until I saw the URL. 
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2017, 01:41:32 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on March 29, 2017, 01:33:33 pm
Sweet mother of pearl!  I thought that was snow until I saw the URL. 
I seriously need to put this thread on the ignore list.

@Polly Ticks
The good news with all those Australian spiders is they can eat some of the snakes.   Yes, the spiders in Australia eat snakes.
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2017, 01:51:35 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on March 29, 2017, 01:41:32 pm
@Polly Ticks
The good news with all those Australian spiders is they can eat some of the snakes.   Yes, the spiders in Australia eat snakes.

.... and when they run out of snakes....
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« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2017, 02:15:04 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on March 29, 2017, 01:41:32 pm
@Polly Ticks
The good news with all those Australian spiders is they can eat some of the snakes.   Yes, the spiders in Australia eat snakes.

And birds.
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2017, 02:16:29 pm »
Quote from: AbaraXas on March 29, 2017, 02:15:04 pm
And birds.


I have those in my yard, the orb weavers that eat small birds. 
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2017, 03:00:43 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on March 29, 2017, 02:16:29 pm
I have those in my yard, the orb weavers that eat small birds.
We have the yearly migration of the tarantulas in Texas.  You'll see them going across the roadways.

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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2017, 03:06:40 pm »
Here is another rather nasty spider.  I had one in my bathroom last year.  The Brown Recluse.  Hmmm....guess it's time to spray again.

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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2017, 03:27:06 pm »
WHY do I keep clicking? 

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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2017, 04:04:26 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on March 29, 2017, 02:16:29 pm
I have those in my yard, the orb weavers that eat small birds.

Time to get a new yard...   :terror:
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #19 on: March 29, 2017, 04:10:18 pm »
Quote from: mrpotatohead on March 29, 2017, 03:06:40 pm
Here is another rather nasty spider.  I had one in my bathroom last year.  The Brown Recluse.  Hmmm....guess it's time to spray again.



I've got a scar from one of those!
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #20 on: March 29, 2017, 04:33:31 pm »
Eat every human on earth eh?

I can see that.




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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2017, 05:45:11 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on March 29, 2017, 01:21:16 pm
Spiders don't bother me. I don't have any interest in picking them up but otherwise we're cool.

What bothers me is June bugs in my room at night. I know they're completely harmless but I know that the bug that spends its time crashing into the walls, ceiling, and floor is going to crash into my face about the time I drift off to sleep.

Or in your wide open mouth as you snore.......
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2017, 05:48:00 pm »
Quote from: mrpotatohead on March 29, 2017, 03:00:43 pm
We have the yearly migration of the tarantulas in Texas.  You'll see them going across the roadways.



The last time I saw a tarantula swarming in West Texas was when I was 16 or 17 back in the early 1970's. The roads were so slick with crushed spider corpses it was a traffic hazard.
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« Reply #23 on: March 29, 2017, 06:02:39 pm »
Quote from: Joe Wooten on March 29, 2017, 05:45:11 pm
Or in your wide open mouth as you snore.......

June bugs have serious navigational issues
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Re: Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
« Reply #24 on: March 29, 2017, 06:11:08 pm »
Quote from: geronl on March 29, 2017, 06:02:39 pm
Or in your wide open mouth as you snore.......

June bugs have serious navigational issues

So what you're saying is, a spider in the mouth may be just the thing when it comes to nocturnal june bugs.
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