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missyburd
01-05-08, 04:23 PM
......I really hope not!!!!!!
I've gone a bit deaf in one ear, and before you all tell me to clear them out, it's not that :p
I'm thinking it may be water, but I really don't know and surely after a week or so it should have sorted itself out? My mate has just very thoughtfully suggested that a spider may have crawled in and is hatching eggs :shock: :-s I know heard of them crawling in mouths...:confused:
Is anyone an ear expert? :)
:shaking::shaking::shaking::shaking: It's doing my head in :( Should I be arranging to see the doc?
It's more likely to be an ear infection than spiders, I wouldn't worry.
I heard about someone who had a baby scorpion hatch in their ear once. although it was on the radio and probably an urban myth
Might be worth getting checked out as its been a week, particularly if it is painful.
mary
missyburd
01-05-08, 04:28 PM
I heard about someone who had a baby scorpion hatch in their ear once. although it was on the radio and probably an urban myth
Might be worth getting checked out as its been a week, particularly if it is painful.
mary
Not painful at all! Just extremely annoying :rolleyes:
I know the spiders are a long shot lol, just got me thinking :roll:
Don't give me something else to worry about :smt100
I hate spiders :|:shock:
missyburd
01-05-08, 04:29 PM
Don't give me something else to worry about :smt100
I hate spiders :|:shock:
I'm not particularly fond of them either but especially not in my ears lol!
Put some warm olive oil in there just a few drops. I get trouble with my ears regular and the nurse told me to do this and it works. Helps loads more than the stuff you buy in the shops, she said its safer aswell. If it doesn't clear go get it syringed, i love the feeling and then the radar hearing is great for a few days.
missyburd
01-05-08, 04:33 PM
Put some warm olive oil in there just a few drops. I get trouble with my ears regular and the nurse told me to do this and it works. Helps loads more than the stuff you buy in the shops, she said its safer aswell. If it doesn't clear go get it syringed, i love the feeling and then the radar hearing is great for a few days.
Ok you're gonna think I'm really daft now (and you wouldn't be far wrong :D) but I've never had that done, how does it work? is it as uncomfortable as I'd imagine it to be? 8-[
The olive oil might be worth a shot, ta :)
Ok you're gonna think I'm really daft now (and you wouldn't be far wrong :D) but I've never had that done, how does it work? is it as uncomfortable as I'd imagine it to be? 8-[
The olive oil might be worth a shot, ta :)
+1
I'm a bit deaf in one ear at the moment, bloody annoying it is.
I'd feel sorry for the poor nurse who has to do that to people, but I think it might be in order for me.
Eurgh. Spiders. :smt089
Ok you're gonna think I'm really daft now (and you wouldn't be far wrong :D) but I've never had that done, how does it work? is it as uncomfortable as I'd imagine it to be? 8-[
The olive oil might be worth a shot, ta :)
It's great they shoot a warm jet of water in your ear and hold a dish to catch all the spiders, i mean wax ;).. you have to use a lubricant for a few days before i.e warm olive oil to loosen it but it's great, doesn't hurt just like jumping in the swimming pool and getting water in your ears. You'll have to see you GP first though just to make sure theres no infection..
missyburd
01-05-08, 04:40 PM
+1
I'm a bit deaf in one ear at the moment, bloody annoying it is.
I'd feel sorry for the poor nurse who has to do that to people, but I think it might be in order for me.
Eurgh. Spiders. :smt089
:smt056
As long as it doesn't look like this one that turned up in my house over winter :shock:
WARNING: the following link is not recommended for arachnophobes....
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=1488662&highlight=spiders#post1488662
missyburd
01-05-08, 04:45 PM
doesn't hurt just like jumping in the swimming pool and getting water in your ears.
Oh cr@p that's what I hate about swimming and the main reason why I can't put my heard under water!
I'm buggered :(
Oh cr@p that's what I hate about swimming and the main reason why I can't put my heard under water!
I'm buggered :(
It's either that or stick a candle in your ear!! :D
:smt056
As long as it doesn't look like this one that turned up in my house over winter :shock:
WARNING: the following link is not recommended for arachnophobes....
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=1488662&highlight=spiders#post1488662
Aaaaarrrrgh!! That was awful, couldn't get it off my screen fast enough. It reminds me of what I have to look forward to this summer :rolleyes:. Already had a few but not so big. I swear they have boots and man pack radios on searching me out ;). I hope you manage to get your ear sorted doesn't soun so good 8-[...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_candling Looks great fun, it's suppose to be really effective though!!
It's either that or stick a candle in your ear!! :D
Hah. Knowing me I'd set my hair on fire.
I've already set my boot on fire today, I think I'll give it a miss :rolleyes:
yorkie_chris
01-05-08, 04:57 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_candling Looks great fun, it's suppose to be really effective though!!
A 1996 study concluded that ear candling does not produce negative pressure and fails to remove ear wax
I doubt that a candle flame produces enough pressure to lift wax, especially as it's probably stuck pretty well to the inside of your lug'ole.
How's about go see the doctor? :-P
Either that or come up ere and let my ma take a look.
yorkie_chris
01-05-08, 04:59 PM
The Colon Therapists Network website says "You may hear some crackling and popping"
And what do another even wierder bunch of quacks, who make a living jetwashing ar$eholes, know about ears?
Gives new meaning to "doesn't know his ar$ehole from his earhole" ehehehe
......I really hope not!!!!!!
My mate has just very thoughtfully suggested that a spider may have crawled in and is hatching eggs :shock: :-s I know heard of them crawling in mouths...:confused:
OMG......SPIDERS IN YOUR EAR....AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
missyburd
01-05-08, 05:02 PM
According to medical researchers, it is both dangerous and ineffective
that's as far as I got :shock: lol
And Chris, I don't like to bother the docs more than I can help it. Just thought I'd test the great .org of knowledge first that's all!
Devil Biccy
01-05-08, 05:04 PM
Oh cr@p that's what I hate about swimming and the main reason why I can't put my heard under water!
I'm buggered :(
No you're not as there are many preparations available at your local pahramcy that could help sort out your ear problem. Most importantly do not use cotton buds beyond the outer ear to fish for any clumps of earwax as you may push through to the ear drum which is very painful.
as said before use some olive oil each night and a cotton wool plug to stop the oil coming out for a few days, then try cotton buds again carefully. But the best advice would be to go see your GP and get them to book you in for an Ear syringe. It's not painful and it will sort your hearing out if you have a blockage. Could be something else other than wax so go see your doc/nurse;)
missyburd
01-05-08, 05:04 PM
OMG......SPIDERS IN YOUR EAR....AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
lmao, I don't know if it happens, but I do know that a certain number of spiders are meant to crawl into your mouth while you sleep at night...sorry chaps! :p
yorkie_chris
01-05-08, 05:05 PM
that's as far as I got :shock: lol
And Chris, I don't like to bother the docs more than I can help it. Just thought I'd test the great .org of knowledge first that's all!
Lol aye, I'm more takin the pi$$ out of ar$e prodders who think they know about ears!
missyburd
01-05-08, 05:06 PM
No you're not as there are many preparations available at your local pahramcy that could help sort out your ear problem. Most importantly do not use cotton buds beyond the outer ear to fish for any clumps of earwax as you may push through to the ear drum which is very painful.
as said before use some olive oil each night and a cotton wool plug to stop the oil coming out for a few days, then try cotton buds again carefully. But the best advice would be to go see your GP and get them to book you in for an Ear syringe. It's not painful and it will sort your hearing out if you have a blockage. Could be something else other than wax so go see your doc/nurse;)
Thankyou, I guess a trip to the doc's is inevitable :rolleyes: eeeee well.
Ta for the help guys and gals :)
lmao, I don't know if it happens, but I do know that a certain number of spiders are meant to crawl into your mouth while you sleep at night...sorry chaps! :p
DO those bug things u buy that give of high pitched noises work?
Im not eating no bugs tonight
missyburd
01-05-08, 05:44 PM
DO those bug things u buy that give of high pitched noises work?
Im not eating no bugs tonight
you mean the things that are meant to ward off cats and dogs?
not sure I know what you mean?
We had a cat scarer thingy.
Bloody annoying thing, drove me mad, its like what they use to stop kids hanging about outside shops.
I modified it with a hammer and re-attached it to the shed wall.
you mean the things that are meant to ward of cats and dogs?
not sure I know what you mean?
yeah the rats thingys u plug in the wall
I heard about someone who had a baby scorpion hatch in their ear once. although it was on the radio and probably an urban myth
Bizarre story from Lozzo's mispent childhood.
I got into a fight with a kid up the road when I was about 6 and living in Singapore. This kid had two bigger brothers who saw what was going on and ran to his aid. The larger boys overpowered me and held me down while one of them stuck an orange pip in my ear (he'd been eating the orange when he saw the fight). in my daft attempts to remove it I only succeeded in shoving it even further down my ear canal.
Fast forward two weeks and little Lozzo is in agony with earache, which I'd been letting everyone know about because it was proper painful. Now I'd been in a lot of trouble with my ma for fighting cos I was a proper little tearaway bully at that age, and I daren't tell her I'd been fighting, and worst of all I daren't tell my dad I'd lost a fight or he'd have gone mad at me for losing. So I asked my ma in a subtle way "what happens if you get an orange pip stuck in your ear?" and without even letting me explain I was in the car and down to the clinic in Serangoon.
When we got there I was fast-tracked into the treatment room and a nice doctor shoved a scope in my ear and recoiled in horror. A couple of minutes of flushing and prodding, during which I screamed the place down, and the offending orange pip was removed from my stinky lughole... complete with two large sprouting shoots. Apparently an ear is a perfect place for an orange pip to start sprouting, especially in somewhere as humid as Singapore. I'm still a bit deaf in that side as it badly ruptured my eardrum.
One day I'll let you know about the cherry stone and my nose.
appollo1
01-05-08, 06:03 PM
It's great they shoot a warm jet of water in your ear and hold a dish to catch all the spiders, i mean wax ;)...
I used to get that treatment done when I was younger. It was great coming out afterwards every sound is so crisp and clear.
Last time though they used a little hoover/suction machine thing which wasn't as nice as the water injection.
missyburd
01-05-08, 06:03 PM
Bizarre story from Lozzo's mispent childhood.
.....
One day I'll let you know about the cherry stone and my nose.
LMAO, sorry I laughed a lot :D poor little Lozzo! An orange pip is bad enough but a sprouting one? Arrgh.
Can today be the day we hear about the cherry stone? :p
Can today be the day we hear about the cherry stone? :p
You'll have to wait for that one, I'm still traumatised by the ear-orange memory being dragged up ;)
missyburd
01-05-08, 06:27 PM
You'll have to wait for that one, I'm still traumatised by the ear-orange memory being dragged up ;)
Lol ok, we'll be hear when you feel ready :smt045
I used to get that treatment done when I was younger. It was great coming out afterwards every sound is so crisp and clear.
Last time though they used a little hoover/suction machine thing which wasn't as nice as the water injection.
They used the hoover on me...eventually...
Got a blocked ear and the GP doc fished around with a hook/claw thing 8-[and promptly succeeded in pushing earwax into my eardrum denting it. :mad: Sent to nurse to syringe it...cue falling off chair sideways due to cold water used messing up delicate balance bone thingys in the ear.:sick: Had enough went home. Woke up during night with excruciating earache, ended up in hospital being given lots of drugs - pain did not stop, just did not care about it. :smt089Sent to Ear Nose and Throat part of hospital next day where they stuck hoover thingy down my ear and cleared the wax.:smt050 ENT doc had a look and told me the drum was 'dented'.:|
Moral of the story? Go to ENT and get it hoovered, they know what they are doing. Don't let the quacks near it.
Trace :)
redbouy
01-05-08, 09:24 PM
U can get a syringe ur ear, do it very carefully ur self. clean warm water. I swim a lot so do this about every 2 months. Dont stick any thing in ur ear or let a "normal" DOC do the same, I did ONCE..
Speedy Claire
01-05-08, 10:27 PM
Don`t be sticking cotton buds down your ear... will do more damage. Best option is as has been said olive oil down your ear morning and night, you can buy an ear dropper from chemist and is less messy or you can buy ear drops but they`re expensive and oil works just as well. You can have ears syringed but the practice nurse/District nurse won`t do it until you`ve used drops for at least 10 to 20 days (depends on the nurses protocol).
Ear syringing is painless when its done properly.. cold water should never be used and its only ever done under gentle pressure cos of risk of perforation to ear drum.
I`d say if there`s no improvement after 10 days with ear drops then go to GP and ask for appt for ear syringing. Good luck, did you hear all that or should I shout?
PS: Don`t (as one recent patient did) use lard... i told him to use olive oil but cos he had none he thought he could melt lard and use that instead... doh!!!
Speedy Claire
01-05-08, 10:29 PM
Oh and in answer to your original question I have known of one person who had a spider lay eggs in her ear canal and they hatched... but it happened abroad and was one of those weird tropical spiders :D
missyburd
02-05-08, 12:12 AM
I`d say if there`s no improvement after 10 days with ear drops then go to GP and ask for appt for ear syringing. Good luck, did you hear all that or should I shout?
:lol: I just about heard you ;)
Oh and in answer to your original question I have known of one person who had a spider lay eggs in her ear canal and they hatched... but it happened abroad and was one of those weird tropical spiders :D
yuk and yuk :shock:
talking of spiders, they must know we're talking about them. I've just come back from a night out and I walk in my room and for some reason the first thing I looked at were the jeans on my bed and I saw something move.....:smt104
Have another look and voila, this little chappie thought he would grace me with his presence...well out the window he went, quick as a flash :roll: I'm fine with them, but why do thay have to move so FAST!
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3755/p5025076wq1.jpg
:lol: I just about heard you ;)
yuk and yuk :shock:
talking of spiders, they must know we're talking about them. I've just come back from a night out and I walk in my room and for some reason the first thing I looked at were the jeans on my bed and I saw something move.....:smt104
Have another look and voila, this little chappie thought he would grace me with his presence...well out the window he went, quick as a flash :roll: I'm fine with them, but why do thay have to move so FAST!
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3755/p5025076wq1.jpg
OMG...I WOULD have gone mental if a spider was in my room
i have purchased a spider hoover now. The only colour i could get was pink. It has a little flower trap on the top. Got it from superdrug. 5 quid!
Now the tube that extends from the motor to the catcher is only 30 cm....
that is way to close for comfort. So im looking for a longer hose to fit to the end so i dont get bit:mrgreen:
missyburd
02-05-08, 08:17 AM
OMG...I WOULD have gone mental if a spider was in my room
i have purchased a spider hoover now. The only colour i could get was pink. It has a little flower trap on the top. Got it from superdrug. 5 quid!
Now the tube that extends from the motor to the catcher is only 30 cm....
that is way to close for comfort. So im looking for a longer hose to fit to the end so i dont get bit:mrgreen:
Lmao, I just use the nearest glass/mug and something rigid and flat, was a coaster last night :mrgreen: In retrospect though, I'm going to stick to using mugs, glasses are fine for big spiders as they don't tend to move much once in there but the one last night was a fast one and was scuttling all about the glass, I really didn't want to drop it :shock:
Lmao, I just use the nearest glass/mug and something rigid and flat, was a coaster last night :mrgreen: In retrospect though, I'm going to stick to using mugs, glasses are fine for big spiders as they don't tend to move much once in there but the one last night was a fast one and was scuttling all about the glass, I really didn't want to drop it :shock:
Was it a red back?
missyburd
02-05-08, 08:21 AM
Was it a red back?
thats an Aussie species ain't it? so no :p just a normal little spider, as seen in the pic ;)
thats an Aussie species ain't it? so no :p just a normal little spider, as seen in the pic ;)
looks like a bird eating spider to me!
When I was a kid, I felt something tickling the inside of my ear one day.
Thinking it was a spider, finger goes into my ear. OUCH!!!! That F#!K^&G HURT!
Finger came out, along with one squished bee. That gave me a massive earache, and I was deaf in that ear for about a fortnight. The damn thing had only stung my eardrum. :(
Sorry, I'm about as much help as your friend aren't I? :lol:
missyburd
02-05-08, 08:33 AM
looks like a bird eating spider to me!
There's no birdie eating spiders in the UK as far as i know, and it would have to be a pretty damn ferocious spider to take on a bird when it was less than an inch long!!! :p
When I was a kid, I felt something tickling the inside of my ear one day.
Thinking it was a spider, finger goes into my ear. OUCH!!!! That F#!K^&G HURT!
Finger came out, along with one squished bee. That gave me a massive earache, and I was deaf in that ear for about a fortnight. The damn thing had only stung my eardrum. :(
Sorry, I'm about as much help as your friend aren't I? :lol:
Oh dear :shock: Could you hear it buzzing about at all? I think people can hear flys buzzing in their ears but then they are a bit smaller :rolleyes:
Oh dear :shock: Could you hear it buzzing about at all? I think people can hear flys buzzing in their ears but then they are a bit smaller :rolleyes:
Not that I remember. I could feel it walking though (that was the tickling feeling). I might of heard the buzz just as it landed, but can't remember as it was so long ago.
There's no birdie eating spiders in the UK as far as i know, and it would have to be a pretty damn ferocious spider to take on a bird when it was less than an inch long!!!
its the venom inside the spider. he can eat it over time
dont they turn up in fruit in supermarkets now and again?
dont they turn up in fruit in supermarkets now and again?
Not only fruit, but also plants. There was a case not so long ago that I think came from South America? The bulb of the plant had been digested by a female spider, who had then laid eggs in there.
Customer bought the plant from a UK supermarket, couple of weeks later, they had loads of spiders crawling around the lounge. Think they were funnel web's too. Fatal those beggars.
Also just seen this on the t'interweb...
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=98498&in_page_id=34
Not only fruit, but also plants. There was a case not so long ago that I think came from South America? The bulb of the plant had been digested by a female spider, who had then laid eggs in there.
Customer bought the plant from a UK supermarket, couple of weeks later, they had loads of spiders crawling around the lounge. Think they were funnel web's too. Fatal those beggars.
Also just seen this on the t'interweb...
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=98498&in_page_id=34
bladey hell Baph....Thats the last time i go shopping now. Jesus...i hate spiders and reading this is making me get goose pimples
bladey hell Baph....Thats the last time i go shopping now. Jesus...i hate spiders and reading this is making me get goose pimples
Ah, that's nothing. You've obviously seen my recent comments about snakes.
A couple of years back, I also woke up in a room in which a female Chilean rose tarantula had given birth, and the eggs had hatched during the night. Couple of hundred tiny tarantula's...
The cage containing them was left open overnight. I was in a sleeping bag on the floor.
Sorry, not helping again am I? :)
Ah, that's nothing. You've obviously seen my recent comments about snakes.
A couple of years back, I also woke up in a room in which a female Chilean rose tarantula had given birth, and the eggs had hatched during the night. Couple of hundred tiny tarantula's...
The cage containing them was left open overnight. I was in a sleeping bag on the floor.
Sorry, not helping again am I? :)
AAAAAAAAARHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:smt071:smt 071:smt071
DID U stamp on them
DID U stamp on them
Nah, there were maybe 20 on me. I actually woke up becuase one of them was on my face.
I woke my mate up, we sealed the room & went to a local pet shop. The guy there agreed to loan us a couple of pet cages, and in exchange, he got as many of them as we could put in the cages. That was a couple of trips backwards & forwards.
When he said enough was enough, we used the cages to round up more & dropped them off at the nearest RSPCA centre, who I'm guessing will of forwarded them to zoo's & pet shops etc.
My mate was finding them for weeks apparently. :lol:
Nah, there were maybe 20 on me. I actually woke up becuase one of them was on my face.
I woke my mate up, we sealed the room & went to a local pet shop. The guy there agreed to loan us a couple of pet cages, and in exchange, he got as many of them as we could put in the cages. That was a couple of trips backwards & forwards.
When he said enough was enough, we used the cages to round up more & dropped them off at the nearest RSPCA centre, who I'm guessing will of forwarded them to zoo's & pet shops etc.
My mate was finding them for weeks apparently. :lol:
dont say u were in the uk? And i hope knowhere near porstmouth?
dont say u were in the uk? And i hope knowhere near porstmouth?
That was a mate of mine that lived in Sheffield. So no, not Protsmouth. :)
That was a mate of mine that lived in Sheffield. So no, not Protsmouth. :)
PHHEWWWWW :D
missyburd
02-05-08, 09:53 AM
Nah, there were maybe 20 on me. I actually woke up becuase one of them was on my face.
That's not the most pleasant of wake-up calls!
I think blueto is soon to become an agorophobe as well as an insomniac, oh and will never buy fruit again :lol:
In the words of Frazer from Dad's army.....You're DOOOOOMED! :p
yorkie_chris
02-05-08, 10:13 AM
They also end up in containers from china, no idea what they are but they are real big feckers.
Supposed to get the whole thing fumigated, but hitting them with a brush/shovel works lol
Supposed to get the whole thing fumigated, but hitting them with a brush/shovel works lol
Until the day you squish too many Salticidites. Then mummy Salticidite get's p'ed off with you.
Salticidae are jumping spiders btw.
They also end up in containers from china, no idea what they are but they are real big feckers.
Supposed to get the whole thing fumigated, but hitting them with a brush/shovel works lol
Errr u dont come across these things do you?
Until the day you squish too many Salticidites. Then mummy Salticidite get's p'ed off with you.
Salticidae are jumping spiders btw.
do they bite when they jump at you?
yorkie_chris
02-05-08, 10:57 AM
Errr u dont come across these things do you?
Nah, my dads firm imports loads of stuff from china and there's maybe one every 6 months, that's with about 2 containers a week coming in.
Nah, my dads firm imports loads of stuff from china and there's maybe one every 6 months, that's with about 2 containers a week coming in.
but what if it has had babies? Then somone who imports a bike from china has baby spiders ready to kill you with the first nip.
I say fumugate....but i like the smashing them on the head with a shovel approach to. :smt021
yorkie_chris
02-05-08, 11:02 AM
Nothing for them to eat in the container for 6 weeks, so they tend to be pretty docile, last one it was about -5 out so it was very docile!
If there's more than one then its gassing time.
do they bite when they jump at you?
No. They bite when they've landed on you.
Typically, Salticidae grow to be a couple of inches (tip of the toes to tip of the toes) max. Some can also jump up to 40 times their body length. So a 2inch spider could potentially jump a little over 2 metres.
Most aren't that dangerous to people, but deadly to ants. Remember too, that ants have fangs & can bite the spider back, so they do pack a punch, then run & hide until the ant dies.
No. They bite when they've landed on you.
Typically, Salticidae grow to be a couple of inches (tip of the toes to tip of the toes) max. Some can also jump up to 40 times their body length. So a 2inch spider could potentially jump a little over 2 metres.
Most aren't that dangerous to people, but deadly to ants. Remember too, that ants have fangs & can bite the spider back, so they do pack a punch, then run & hide until the ant dies.
ANTS? they are to samll to be harmless...they are ok.. i like ants..they dont bite
Are you sure?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4472521.stm
Also, apparently 5million Americans are stung by fire ants every year... one of whom died according to the stats I've just looked at. 27 others needed hopital treatment.
Are you sure?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4472521.stm
Also, apparently 5million Americans are stung by fire ants every year... one of whom died according to the stats I've just looked at. 27 others needed hopital treatment.
and thats what ANT powder and KETTLE water was invented for!
missyburd
02-05-08, 11:20 AM
No. They bite when they've landed on you.
unprovoked? Why don't they just run away like most do? Or is it just the sight of a big scary human that puts them into biting mode?
Oh and some ants are eeeeeeevil. I watched a documentary on them once, they attack in swarms, you do NOT want to be around when they're hungry. Is it army ants that can strip animals of flesh in a veeeeery short amount of time? Like the pirahnas of the forest :p
unprovoked? Why don't they just run away like most do? Or is it just the sight of a big scary human that puts them into biting mode?
Oh and some ants are eeeeeeevil. I watched a documentary on them once, they attack in swarms, you do NOT want to be around when they're hungry. Is it army ants that can strip animals of flesh in a veeeeery short amount of time? Like the pirahnas of the forest :p
please ants aree tiny little ahrmless creatures.....microscopic....unless you were the kids in hioney i shrunk the kids and had a pet called anty?=!
unprovoked? Why don't they just run away like most do? Or is it just the sight of a big scary human that puts them into biting mode?
Think like a small animal for a second.
You see something bigger than you, so you hide. It comes closer, so you back away until you're trapped in a courner. This big thing is swinging something at you. Predators normally attack you from above. You know you have enough venom in your fangs to bring down a small bird.
Your last option is to jump, bite, and run, just in case the big scary thing doesn't die immediately.
Now from the human perspective, you've found a spider, but it's run away. You've trapped in a corner, and swinging a brush at it to squash it. Ouch that f&$k?r just bit me!! Where the hell did it go....
Spiders, like snakes and generally most animals, will only attack something if they perceive a threat, or they're overly hungry.
Oh and some ants are eeeeeeevil. I watched a documentary on them once, they attack in swarms, you do NOT want to be around when they're hungry. Is it army ants that can strip animals of flesh in a veeeeery short amount of time? Like the pirahnas of the forest :p
I'm not sure if they're as quick as pirahnas, but an army of ants will strip everything. Doesn't matter if it's fruit, bark, human flesh, other insects. Anything remotely edible is gone. Don't often see armies of that magnitude anywhere in the world, but it does happen from time to time.
missyburd
02-05-08, 11:30 AM
please ants aree tiny little ahrmless creatures.....microscopic....unless you were the kids in hioney i shrunk the kids and had a pet called anty?=!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWWuq4Mm-Gg
ok i know the harvestman is tiny. but still, if you think of the proportions :confused:
or a caterpillar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMYso__5Kj4&feature=related
missyburd
02-05-08, 11:31 AM
oooh this might be more suitable for the thread lol! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQyuv-XIyYc&feature=related
missyburd
02-05-08, 11:34 AM
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Now from the human perspective, you've found a spider, but it's run away. You've trapped in a corner, and swinging a brush at it to squash it. Ouch that f&$k?r just bit me!! Where the hell did it go....
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Hmm yeah, but I wasn't thinking I'd want to go after it :rolleyes: Good empathy though :mrgreen:
northwind
02-05-08, 12:59 PM
An enormous spider jumped on my head this morning (no joke, it was big enough that I felt it land) then after I knocked it off into my lap shrugged off two mightly blows with my mobile phone, before running away at about a hundred miles an hour, knocking over a chair as it went. I'm sure I heard it laughing. Now it's obvious what it was up to, it was trying to get in my ear to lay its eggs.
Incidentally, I reckon far more people would go to the docs about ear problems if we stopped calling the treatment "syringing"... Makes it sound scary.
An enormous spider jumped on my head this morning (no joke, it was big enough that I felt it land)
Just as an extra note to this thread:
If a ground dwelling spider is dropped from waist height on to the floor, chances are it'll die due to internal bleeding. Well, more specifically, the acid that is uses to digest it's food comes out & digests it's own organs. Nice.
Spiderman
02-05-08, 02:09 PM
i think i may be a bit too big to fit in your ear so you have nothing to worry about from me :D
hth
punyXpress
02-05-08, 02:59 PM
When you get the problem sorted, don't use the same earplugs - that would only re-infect.
northwind
02-05-08, 05:51 PM
If a ground dwelling spider is dropped from waist height on to the floor, chances are it'll die due to internal bleeding.
Good. I was trying to kill it with the phone but it barely even noticed.
missyburd
02-05-08, 09:24 PM
Incidentally, I reckon far more people would go to the docs about ear problems if we stopped calling the treatment "syringing"... Makes it sound scary.
A very good point, also makes it very misleading :rolleyes:
i think i may be a bit too big to fit in your ear so you have nothing to worry about from me :D
hth
Phew! ;) Could you spread the message to your little friends? :mrgreen:
When you get the problem sorted, don't use the same earplugs - that would only re-infect.
Hope it's not an infection then, bought some new plugs a month ago :shock:
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