Comments on: 10 Fascinating Talking Points About Spiders

By: Random

Random — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:48:43 +0000

Ewwww! But rather interesting. I can attest to Red Backs being everywhere! My Dad used to spray them then burn them. Ouch! And my Mum made a habit of forcing me to wear boots outside as there were Black Widows everywhere too!
Interesting fact, here in Australia, people (sometimes even people who have arachnophobia) tend to leave the Daddy Long Legs Spider alone as a somewhat general rule. This is due to the fact that they eat alot of pests, Red Backs, cockroaches ect. They are kinda small, apart from their legs obviously, and are actually quite venomous, though they pose no harm to humans. That’s the only welcome spider in my house. All others must face the wrath of my rolled up newspaper!

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:28:38 +0000

Poisonous birds? Wow, that information alone already made the list worth reading to me. The rest was interesting as well, of course.

By: Savannah

Savannah — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:05:43 +0000

pretty sure that pic is not of a sydney funnel web. I live in sydney. I know what they look like and they’re a lot more tarantula looking only black and shiny.

By: lee

lee — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:05:56 +0000

please do not confuse venomous with poisonous. It makes you look like you do not know what you’re talking about.

By: Starzie

Starzie — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:26:56 +0000

Hmm, I think you should have chosen a different picture for the Sydney Funnel-web, they normally look alot scarier, larger thicker have such strong fangs they can penetrate through soft shoes and rise up to give warning, they strike repeatedly and give full envenomation. This is the stuff of my nightmares.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:32:29 +0000

I’ve eaten spiders in Cambodia. Can’t remember what they tasted of, as I’d had too many beers. I don’t think I was that impressed, though.

By: Name

Name — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:18:02 +0000

im not afraid of spiders really i can even look at a picture of one without freaking out although i do look around to make sure there isn’t any lurking around and i’m glad there alive they eat bad bugs i just don’t like them in my house there so small i can’t see them but i respect them and i’m happy they are apart of are eco system also that spider on drugs video from “senor shutter” is hilarious

By: axelf

axelf — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:58:14 +0000

read this list a few times now. Just realised that picture no. 1 of tarantula is a fake!

By: Curt Roeger

Curt Roeger — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:37:29 +0000

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By: Mark Goddard

Mark Goddard — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:06:16 +0000

I’ve been sitting here going through listverse for the last few hours, and all the list are just fascinating. However as a Sydney resident, I do need to point out that the spider shown at number 9 “Spiders Love Us” above isn’t a funnel web. I’ve seen enough of them to know. This is what they really look like http://australianmuseum.net.au/Funnel-web-Spiders-Group They’re very nasty little buggers. We regularly fish them out of our backyard pool. Someone else may have mentioned this but I didn’t feel up to reading 271 comments.