[BallisticWookie]

[quote="Wolf-Man":4f28f]I've never heard a spider hiss.

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That bastard of a spider right there DOES hiss at you. Years ago now, an old mate of mine were out the backyard playing some cricket, I saw this thing crawling along the ground. Now, we have heaps of holes in the ground, whether they are from trapdoors or whatever. I'm not sure what kind of spider it was but it look exactly like that reared up on it's hind legs. We started thowing sand at it, and to my absolute freaking shock the thing started hiss at us, it was fucking pissed off !! biggrin: I really dont know how I got through childhood doing stupid things like that. I was throwing sand at one of the most dangerous spiders on earth in my backyard and the bastards can bit throw the sole of a thin rubber show.......and yes I'm arachnophobic. I'm just fascinated by them and I love seeing them squirm when I spray half a can of insect killer on them evil: evil: evil: evil:

Dont be put off by Australia's poisonous friends in nature, if you dont provoke them they wont hurt you, simple as that. I've heard stories about the US Marines up in Tully (where the Australian Army teach the world how to fight in the Jungle) faking sickness because of the spiders, snakes and centipedes biggrin: