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Reminds me of something REALLY sick I saw on a TV documentary about Amazonian indians... (don't read on if your squeamish!)... The film showed a group of tribesmen were looking for big spiders that live in holes in the ground. When the tribesmen found a nest, they irritated the spider inside with sticks. When it came out, one of the men quickly pressed the poor spider's body against the ground with his hand, then folded all its legs up over its body to kill it. Then he wrapped it up in leaves, and later roasted it on hot coals, and ate it!Originally posted by VikingGrandad:
Very interesting! I thought giant spiders and scorpions were created by the likes of Ray Harryhausen! His creations still look scarey, even today.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Celeon999:
Too big and heavy to build nets it lived in holes closed with a lid just like many spider species of our time do.
It still makes me shudder when I think about it.</div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes i saw that too
They were like.....hmmmmmmm..tasty..giant spiders...
Ray Harryhausen.
He is the godfather of special effects
His giants squids arent that far off either.
Such giant creatures really exist but only in the deep sea far away from human influence.
They need high pressure, darkness and cold water.
Giant Squids @ wikipedia
Artist's impression of a giant squid attacking a whale in the deep sea
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also reminds me of a movie : http://eightleggedfreaks.warnerbros.com/Originally posted by Celeon999:
I saw a very interesting docu about this topic.
So far the biggest spider thought to have ever existed had the size of middle-sized dog.
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also reminds me of a movie : http://eightleggedfreaks.warnerbros.com/ </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by cpt-rusty:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Celeon999:
I saw a very interesting docu about this topic.
So far the biggest spider thought to have ever existed had the size of middle-sized dog.
Yeah
It was more a comedy film, but a real scary spider movie was that one here
No puppets, no CGI but 5000 real spiders used in that movie
Kingdom of the Spiders with William Shatner
Anyone seen it ?
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The sperm whale was probably attacking the giant squid - they eat them. very interesting documentary on not long ago about the japanese scientist who has finally managed to get video of a live giant squid in it's natural habitat. And got a trophy in the shape of a bit of tentacle too. Wouldn't want to meet one when I'm out for a swim...Originally posted by Celeon999:
Such giant creatures really exist but only in the deep sea far away from human influence.
They need high pressure, darkness and cold water.
Giant Squids @ wikipedia
Artist's impression of a giant squid attacking a whale in the deep sea
