# Giant tarantula discovered **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861 "2013-04-04T21:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/41 "2013-04-05T20:19:36Z")
Where is Leo G. Carroll when we need him? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/42 "2013-04-05T20:37:21Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Where is Leo G. Carroll when we need him? Over a barrel. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/43 "2013-04-05T20:40:55Z")
Somebody had to say it, I guess. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/44 "2013-04-05T20:49:17Z")
The first two photos in the article are of the top side of the spider. The third image is of the underside, to show all the pretty colors. Keep in mind, that is the view you would get if you woke up with one on your face. On another note, am I the only one creeped out by the fact that there is a British Tarantula Society? ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/45 "2013-04-05T21:27:28Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > On another note, am I the only one creeped out by the fact that there is a British Tarantula Society? Of all of the things that could creep you out about the British, THIS is what you pick? [shakes head] As an Anglophile and descendant (partly) of the realm, not to mention being an eccentric (aka batshit crazy), I can appreciate their ‘quirks,’ but objectively speaking . . . definitely not my first choice. 😃 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/46 "2013-04-05T21:34:07Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > Of all of the things that could creep you out about the British, THIS is what you pick? [shakes head] > > As an Anglophile and descendant (partly) of the realm, not to mention being an eccentric (aka batshit crazy), I can appreciate their ‘quirks,’ but objectively speaking . . . definitely not my first choice. 😃 😉 What’s creepy is that it does not accept human members. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/47 "2013-04-05T21:35:26Z")
Hmph. I wanted to see a photo of it actually _on_ a human face. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/48 "2013-04-05T22:13:46Z")
Me, too. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/49 "2013-04-05T22:26:37Z")
If you search Flickr, you’ll find a photo of me with **Gfactor** ’s little cutie (Big honking Taratula!) on my head. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/50 "2013-04-05T23:48:20Z")
Obligatory _Raiders Of The Lost Ark_ quote… > [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > It’s beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/51 "2013-04-07T11:51:50Z")
This is why I live in Sweden. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861/52 "2013-04-08T11:00:05Z")
This is interesting, do these still “breathe” by diffusion? I’d think they wouldn’t get enough air without actively breathing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861.md?page=2)