# God damn spiders! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-spiders/574536 "2011-03-13T14:21:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-spiders/574536/41 "2011-03-16T01:21:07Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > See? No. Invertibrates do NOT kill and eat vertibrates. That is NOT how the food chain works. It is not natural. God damn Ilwrath scum. [I’m the one who started the previous thread about this event.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489122) All the way back in October of 2008, it was, and a good thread at that. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-spiders/574536/42 "2011-03-16T03:21:48Z")
I still think [this](http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/coconutcrab.asp) is scarier. ---
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-spiders/574536/43 "2011-03-16T03:35:20Z")
This thread makes me LOVE my spider-eatin’ cat. Even though he brings me legs. Thank you for the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-spiders/574536/44 "2011-03-16T05:32:39Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I still think [this](http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/coconutcrab.asp) is scarier. Nothing a little melted butter can’t handle. remember to pick out the led first. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-spiders/574536/45 "2011-03-16T05:38:57Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Nothing a little melted butter can’t handle. remember to pick out the led first. Why would a land crab have LEDs? Admittedly, they would help you see it coming in the dark… ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-spiders/574536/46 "2011-03-16T05:46:12Z")
Actually, coconut crabs are the first thing I thought of when I watched the Spider on the Ceiling movie I linked to in the OP, because it’s just kind of larger than life in an unbelievable way. At least the movie is unbelievable because it _isn’t real_ though, which coconut crabs don’t have going for them. That all being said, what creeps me out about huntsmen is their speed. So long as coconut crabs don’t move at a speed of several times their own body length per second, I’m okay with them. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-spiders/574536/47 "2011-03-16T13:14:33Z")
My fancy new work 'pooter will not allow me to download the relevant version of flash player wossname, therefore I am unable to watch ewetoob stuff. Today, I am really grateful for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-spiders/574536.md?page=2)