What if spiders were the size of housecats?

[Padraig18]

Discuss.... :scared:

[DarkPhenyx]

1. I'd have something else in my neighborhood....

...to use for target practice?

[camero]

2. Well for one thing

They would take much longer to burn. :)

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. I wouldn't have such a problem

with box elder bugs and those damned Asian beetles.

Of course, I'd have to lock up the 6 pound dog...

[OneTwentyoNine]

4. They were...didn't you watch Johnny Quest??

As big as cats or maybe bigger!!

David

[Richardo]

31. "Robot Spy" - one of the greatest cartoons ever!

Classic JQ - 1964-65... JQ was voiced by Tim Matheson!

[EV1Ltimm]

5. well...

we'd be accusing buck-a-scoop chinese restaraunts for serving spiders, wouldn't we?

[SiobhanClancy]

6. My cats..

would kick their asses anyway:)

[Logansquare]

7. Friend of mine from South Africa says they have ones as big as

a man's hand. He was visiting his parents last year and found one of these clinging the inside of his bedroom drapes. His dad killed it for him.

[FireHeart]

8. The human race would be finished.

Yes, I saw that movie too. :)


edited for continuence.

[ComerPerro]

9. You would never be reminded

That the average person swallows X amount of spiders per year...

Because, that would be a hell of a feat.

[AlienGirl]

10. They'd be less scary...

They would no longer be able to sneak up on you, or dangle menacingly just above your head!

Tucker

[JCMach1]

11. The rat population would be in MAJOR trouble

all things aren't bad!

[OldEurope]

12. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK. no further text possible

[grannylib]

28. Ditto....shudder, shudder........

[Spider Jerusalem]

13. If spiders were the size of housecats...

then there would be a culture that had a cuisine based on spiders, most likely. And probably another that worshipped 'em. And suburbanites would have far fewer problems with squirrels and chipmunks and other small rodents.

[Spirochete]

14. Don't even want to think about it

those damn things are troublesome enough crawling all over me unexpectedly. I sure wouldn't want to have to put out litter boxes for them.

[gator_in_Ontario]

15. We would farm them

and build houses and clothes with the webs....or maybe smoke them...oh we'd exploit them somehow.

[ComerPerro]

17. They might be like crabs or lobster

Spider legs, anyone?

[KG]

16. considering my arachnidphobia - i'd keep a shotgun handy.

don't hate spiders, they just creep me the fuck out. bleah.

[RebelOne]

34. A co-worker friend of mine has arachnophobia.

When she sees a spider, even a very tiny one, she goes into hysterics.

[ComerPerro]

18. Would they (could they) be domesticated

As pets?

Yes, yes, I know many of you already have spiders as pets.

But I am saying, could they be considered as more mainstream pets, and become as domesticated as todays dogs and housecats?

This is really more of a fascinating topic than I first thought.


ON EDIT: No, wait. That idea is insane..

[arwalden]

19. Reminds Me Of A "Night Gallery" Episode I Saw Last Month

Give me the chills just thinking about it.

-- Allen

[BiggJawn]

20. I'd kill myself....

Little spiders, I don't mind. big spiders, I don't like. Spiders the size of housecats? I'd piss my pants and shit myself....

[ComerPerro]

21. No, the spiders would kill you

And its even worse, because as you were being killed by these cat-sized spiders, you would have the shame of knowing you have soiled yourself.

[BiggJawn]

23. Not if I got me first....

Samwise of The Shire I'm not....

[terrya]

22. But if we were twice our normal sizes....

Then it wouldn't be a problem!

:-)

Terry

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. I'd move to mars

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

25. Behold! The Goliath Bird Eater!!!

The Goliath Bird eater is the king of the tarantulas, being the heaviest spider in the world. They have 1/2 inch long fangs and can reach a maximum length of 12 inches!!



(is your skin crawling yet?)

[kmla]

26. Well, It would take more than a Kleenex to pick one up...

...after I squished his little freakin' guts. With a snow shovel and sledge hammer, I suppose.

This is after I pissed my pants and shit myself, ala Bigg Jawn in his posts above.

[rasputin1952]

27. There would be a sharp rise in shotgun sales...

as well as #4 $ #6 shot. At least the targets would be relatively slow moving.

There are some monsters that are the size of dinner plates in South America, and those are only the ones that we know of!

I saw a Nat Geo documentary about SA, and these guys walked up to spider, stick in hand. They popped the monster, and it jumped straight up about 2 feet! This gut grabbed it by its legs in midair, and held it like an ice cream cone. It looked pretty pissed. This guy then took it to a fire and burned the hair off, at the same time roasting it. He then proceeded to eat the 'flesh' inside. I could not get out of the chair due to the amount of pressure my butt cheeks had gripped the seat with. My eyes were the size of baseballs, and i had the distinct image of spiders on the remote, leaving it on the table was a very viable option.

Then, without warning, this guy began picking his teeth with an 1 1/2" fang! :scared:

I would not have been able to drive a pin up my butt with a sledgehammer at that point, and my eyes looked like satellite dishes!

The people at Nat Geo are probably still wondering what that scream from Nebraska was all about.

O8)

[SCDem]

29. I guess I'd have to get over my fear of them

and more importantly learn which kind are poisonous and which are not!

[Bertha Venation]

30. There would be some very interesting battles in my house. eom

[TXlib]

32. *shudder* FBSC - Full Body Skin Crawl

[noonwitch]

33. It would be a lot more difficult for them to get into my house.

I'd also have to get some boots for the express purpose of stomping them.

[blindpig]

35. then we'd have geckos the size of big dogs

wouldn't that be cool! Found a female desert tarantula the size of my hand in Sonora once, neat but I didn't hug it.

[Lady Freedom]

36. I would buy stock in Raid!

[Mr. McD]

37. I would have to buy the eXXXXtra large can of bug spray