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Oh no! Australian spiders in space!!!
Posted: 2003-01-10 04:52am
by Drewcifer
Saw this on cnn.com, thought of WMA's spider threads
Australian spiders are heading to space
Thursday, January 9, 2003 Posted: 10:18 AM EST (1518 GMT)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Eight spiders from Australia will make a trip to outer space to help the U.S. space agency test the effects of zero gravity.
A total of 30 Golden Orb spiders bred at the Melbourne Zoo left for Cape Canaveral in Florida state Thursday packed in a cooler, said zoo keeper Patrick Honan said.
Only eight — deemed the most frisky after the long flight — will board a space shuttle January 16 for a 16-day orbit.
Honan said the tiny spiders — which are not poisonous — are ideal candidates for the experiment because they create perfectly symmetrical webs, making any changes easily identifiable.
It's not the first time arachnids have been sent into space. In 1973, NASA sent Arabella, a common cross spider in the United States, into orbit on the Skylab space station.
from:
cnn.com
But tiny?!? The Golden Orb spiders here in the US are about the size of my hand. I would call them big ass spiders, not tiny.
Posted: 2003-01-10 08:36am
by Crown
Hey I was involved in that program!
I have a NASA patch and everything!
Posted: 2003-01-10 08:38am
by Captain tycho
Hmm... maybe this is how we cure all the aracniphobes.
(Spelling is wrong, don't tell me.)
Re: Oh no! Australian spiders in space!!!
Posted: 2003-01-10 08:57am
by Admiral Valdemar
Drewcifer wrote:Saw this on cnn.com, thought of WMA's spider threads
Australian spiders are heading to space
Thursday, January 9, 2003 Posted: 10:18 AM EST (1518 GMT)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Eight spiders from Australia will make a trip to outer space to help the U.S. space agency test the effects of zero gravity.
A total of 30 Golden Orb spiders bred at the Melbourne Zoo left for Cape Canaveral in Florida state Thursday packed in a cooler, said zoo keeper Patrick Honan said.
Only eight — deemed the most frisky after the long flight — will board a space shuttle January 16 for a 16-day orbit.
Honan said the tiny spiders — which are not poisonous — are ideal candidates for the experiment because they create perfectly symmetrical webs, making any changes easily identifiable.
It's not the first time arachnids have been sent into space. In 1973, NASA sent Arabella, a common cross spider in the United States, into orbit on the Skylab space station.
from:
cnn.com
But tiny?!? The Golden Orb spiders here in the US are about the size of my hand. I would call them big ass spiders, not tiny.
In
Australia they are tiny.
Re: Oh no! Australian spiders in space!!!
Posted: 2003-01-10 08:59am
by Singular Quartet
Admiral Valdemar wrote:Drewcifer wrote:Saw this on cnn.com, thought of WMA's spider threads
Australian spiders are heading to space
Thursday, January 9, 2003 Posted: 10:18 AM EST (1518 GMT)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Eight spiders from Australia will make a trip to outer space to help the U.S. space agency test the effects of zero gravity.
A total of 30 Golden Orb spiders bred at the Melbourne Zoo left for Cape Canaveral in Florida state Thursday packed in a cooler, said zoo keeper Patrick Honan said.
Only eight — deemed the most frisky after the long flight — will board a space shuttle January 16 for a 16-day orbit.
Honan said the tiny spiders — which are not poisonous — are ideal candidates for the experiment because they create perfectly symmetrical webs, making any changes easily identifiable.
It's not the first time arachnids have been sent into space. In 1973, NASA sent Arabella, a common cross spider in the United States, into orbit on the Skylab space station.
from:
cnn.com
But tiny?!? The Golden Orb spiders here in the US are about the size of my hand. I would call them big ass spiders, not tiny.
In
Australia they are tiny.
That sounds more like it. Wen tto the national zoo in DC, THOSE THINGS WERE HUGE!!!
Posted: 2003-01-10 12:51pm
by TrailerParkJawa
Spiders with a big body, forgot the name of the thing in the back, give me the willies.
Daddy Long Legs dont bug me at all, but something like these Golden Orb guys just bug me. (pun intended)
Posted: 2003-01-10 01:16pm
by Typhonis 1
You may be thinking of Garden Spiders the abdomen is yellow black striped ,with the Cephtlathorax(head) being white
Posted: 2003-01-10 05:27pm
by weemadando
Has anyone seen Eight Legged Freaks... Now those were Aussie spiders...
Posted: 2003-01-10 05:32pm
by The Yosemite Bear
lol
so are guys going to invade us over the latest be of anatronic native wildlife exploitation to come out of Hollywood, the rest of California is still trying to ceed from that part that houses L.A> and Hollywierd....
Posted: 2003-01-20 06:19am
by Mr Flibble
weemadando wrote:Has anyone seen Eight Legged Freaks... Now those were Aussie spiders...
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I figured this pic fitted right in here.
This is an Aussie spider:
Posted: 2003-01-20 06:23am
by Stuart Mackey
now if we can just get the two legged Aussies into space on a course for the sun....
Posted: 2003-01-20 08:45pm
by Sonnenburg
TrailerParkJawa wrote:Spiders with a big body, forgot the name of the thing in the back, give me the willies.
Cephalothorax, from the Latin word for "ass-end"
Posted: 2003-01-20 08:47pm
by HemlockGrey
Shotgun + Spiders = All Is Right With the World
Posted: 2003-01-20 08:57pm
by Frank Hipper
Mr Flibble wrote:weemadando wrote:Has anyone seen Eight Legged Freaks... Now those were Aussie spiders...
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I figured this pic fitted right in here.
This is an Aussie spider:
(snipped pic of abominable arachnid)
Is that a Huntsman Spider? It looks positively cuddly compared to this, though.
Ladies and gentlemen, The Sydney Funnel Web.
Posted: 2003-01-20 08:57pm
by Darth Yoshi
Sonnenburg wrote:TrailerParkJawa wrote:Spiders with a big body, forgot the name of the thing in the back, give me the willies.
Cephalothorax, from the Latin word for "ass-end"
Actually, the part at the back is called the abdomen. Cephalothorax describes the head part.
Posted: 2003-01-20 09:13pm
by Enforcer Talen
the movie arachnophobia in space is being begged for production.
Posted: 2003-01-20 09:22pm
by weemadando
Frank Hipper wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, The Sydney Funnel Web.
Don't get Sydney Funnel Webs down here in Tassie, though we have Tassie Funnel Webs (that are quite pissy by comparison).
On an unrelated note, it has been confirmed in the past week that Tassie Devils DO indeed climb trees.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a Drop Bear mk2.
Posted: 2003-01-20 11:40pm
by Sonnenburg
Darth Yoshi wrote:Sonnenburg wrote:TrailerParkJawa wrote:Spiders with a big body, forgot the name of the thing in the back, give me the willies.
Cephalothorax, from the Latin word for "ass-end"
Actually, the part at the back is called the abdomen. Cephalothorax describes the head part.
Aw shit, you're right! Ugh, that's fuckin' embarrassing!
Posted: 2003-01-21 12:00am
by Stuart Mackey
weemadando wrote:Frank Hipper wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, The Sydney Funnel Web.
Don't get Sydney Funnel Webs down here in Tassie, though we have Tassie Funnel Webs (that are quite pissy by comparison).
snip
As with many things from tassie we can put that down to inbreeding
Posted: 2003-01-21 12:19am
by Frank Hipper
Stuart Mackey wrote:weemadando wrote:Frank Hipper wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, The Sydney Funnel Web.
Don't get Sydney Funnel Webs down here in Tassie, though we have Tassie Funnel Webs (that are quite pissy by comparison).
snip
As with many things from tassie we can put that down to inbreeding
Look, you ANZACs all have a reputation, world wide. Baaah-Baaah!
Posted: 2003-01-21 12:24am
by Stuart Mackey
Frank Hipper wrote:Stuart Mackey wrote:weemadando wrote:
Don't get Sydney Funnel Webs down here in Tassie, though we have Tassie Funnel Webs (that are quite pissy by comparison).
snip
As with many things from tassie we can put that down to inbreeding
Look, you ANZACs all have a reputation, world wide. Baaah-Baaah!
As with many ignorant forigners you have your history up your ass. Thats the Scots who indulge in that past time.
Posted: 2003-01-21 02:34am
by Frank Hipper
Stuart Mackey sez:
As with many ignorant forigners you have your history up your ass. Thats the Scots who indulge in that past time.
As the possesor of a "surname of renown", and a member of one of the most ancient clans of Scotland, I invite you to blow me.
Kidding. Dig the "Hood" avatar, been meaning to say that for awhile.
Posted: 2003-01-21 02:53am
by Stuart Mackey
Frank Hipper wrote:Stuart Mackey sez:
As with many ignorant forigners you have your history up your ass. Thats the Scots who indulge in that past time.
As the possesor of a "surname of renown", and a member of one of the most ancient clans of Scotland, I invite you to blow me.
Men as well as sheep eh? not surprising, no woman would have you with dags on yer pubes
Frank Hipper wrote:
Kidding. Dig the "Hood" avatar, been meaning to say that for awhile.
Thanks
Posted: 2003-01-21 03:32am
by Mr Flibble
Frank Hipper wrote:Mr Flibble wrote:weemadando wrote:Has anyone seen Eight Legged Freaks... Now those were Aussie spiders...
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I figured this pic fitted right in here.
This is an Aussie spider:
(snipped pic of abominable arachnid)
Is that a Huntsman Spider? It looks positively cuddly compared to this, though.
snip pic
Yeah I think it is a huntsman spider, although it is a little unusual compared to the ones I normally see, might be something different. It wasjust outside my bedroom door, I saw it and just had to get a pic of it. They are harmless. Unlike the Sydney funnel web. Worst I get is the occasional red back in my room.
Posted: 2003-01-21 05:28am
by Frank Hipper
Mr Flibble wrote:Frank Hipper wrote:Mr Flibble wrote:
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I figured this pic fitted right in here.
This is an Aussie spider:
(snipped pic of abominable arachnid)
Is that a Huntsman Spider? It looks positively cuddly compared to this, though.
snip pic
Yeah I think it is a huntsman spider, although it is a little unusual compared to the ones I normally see, might be something different. It wasjust outside my bedroom door, I saw it and just had to get a pic of it. They are harmless. Unlike the Sydney funnel web. Worst I get is the occasional red back in my room.
Good Gawd man, if that was anywhere near as big as it looks in the photo....*shudders*
The harmlessness of spiders really has no effect on arachniphobia, guess that's why they call it an irrational fear.
