I was always under the impression that the above the mouth fangs are more primitive ... as in the spider being forced to expose the under part of their body while preparing for a strike. I think I first heard that in a documentary on tarantulas, but that was a pritty long time ago.weemadando wrote: That particular species is so ancient that they still have the sideways mandibles, rather than the two above the mouth mandibles that modern spiders do.
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That's perfectly understandable, and I doubt I'd have reacted any better to finding one of those in close quarters. Of course, anything, no matter how harmless, can cause you to run screaming in terror if you find it 3 inches from your nose.weemadando wrote:I am kind of arachnophobic and when I was doing caving in Tassie those fuckers would ALWAYS manage to scare the shit out of me. You'd be squeezing through a crawl-though on your back and one of them would be staring at your face from about half a fucking inch away going: "I could totally jump into your mouth right now, or just climb onto your face, but I have fed on your fear enough, now: begone from my realm!"NomAnor15 wrote:I honestly have no idea. Rationally I know there's no reason for it, and that spiders are for the most part beneficial. They just scare the hell out of me, and I can't explain it. Who can say why the human brain acts the way it does?
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The blue scaled 'fella' is Katie, the water-dragon. I have a few more, but they're mostly inside jokes.Crossroads Inc. wrote:Those "Fey Brigade" Onces were amusing, though im curious who the Blue scaled fella was... The Tactival one was best:
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That is awesome. Whats that called, when the eye colors are different like that?Losonti Tokash wrote:Steering away from spiders to things much more awesome...
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Im not exactly sure what it is about that girl... but he looks, amazing... Even as a gay guy., theres something errierly calming, attractive, deeply alluring about that girl... she looks like 'anime' as if she were a real life anime charihcter or something...its almost unsettelingShroom Man 777 wrote:That mismatched eye girl is really kawaii!
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Cthulhu on a Plane
Evolution
Foreshadowing
Mismatch
Reliable Media
Tables
Sniper Roost
University Life
404 - Road not Found
4chan
Beautiful Girls
Blogging
That Can
Cyberpunk
Denial
Engineers
Envy
Fail at Failing
Grammar
Grey Knights
Inflatable Bonking Sheep
Knowledgeability
Lawful Good
Limitations
Thriftiness
Manoflakes
Math
Motivation
Planning
Popular Opinion
Portal
Procrastination
Pylons
/b/ Snowflakes
/b/ Motivation
Redundancy
Sticks and Stones
Superior Firepower
Surrender
Technology
Terminus Ultra
True Beauty
Typos
Underwater Ninja Tigers
Windows
Blasphemy