JEES !!! OMG!!!!!!

IT WAS LIKE ...
LIKE... A SHOE SIZE

it ran so fast..

that was so funny.

It was 8pm Galgalgal was playing the computer game "Medal Of Honor"
while playing he thought he saw some black thing moving on the floor
out of the room.
After 5 Seconds of ignoring galgalgal heard his sister screaming
TARANTULA MOM!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH HELPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!
so then my father came and killed it

it was huge.. im still laughing..

Are u gotta be kidding. Where is the picture of SPiders? What type of Spider??

Are u serious Spider is the size of SHoes?? Where did the spider come from if the spider is so huge like the size of the Shoes?

AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHH

poor spider!!

sorry mr. spider.. we should have let you eat us at night instead of
killing you

and david.. shoe size isnt big at all
you saw the cammel spider someone posted here!
and there is much fatter one on national ...

it was a small shoe one.. ill say about 30 size

Maybe you find the SPider in Harry Potter Second Movie

It was big giant Spiders chasing them

Ok guys, I'll boost your imagination a bit.

Yikes

Glad it was you and not me!

eecks, I hate spiders.

ohhhh. Poor thing.

aww that's just a little one..... I have one twice that size

she's a chilean rose tarantula and is very gentle. tarantulas tend to raise up before attacking, we have had her four years and she's never raised up or bitten anyone despite teenagers playing "dare to put your hand in the tank"

God!! YIKES

NOW I CANT SLEEP WONDERING " IS THERE A SPIDER IN MY EAR??"

Thanks alot

I don't like spiders. I never have. I KNOW that they are generally harmless and most aren't poisonous, but I was bitten by a brown recluse when I was young and the experience (and the scar) have never left me.


Cheri

when i was young, i would close my light.. wait 3min, open it again and my ceiling was cover with small spiders so i was yelling aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa mmooommmmm so she would come in and kill them all mouahahahhhahahahahah hate spiders!

imo tarantulas and the hairy spiders arent as scary as the really shiny, skinny hairless ones, no matter how big they are

a big hairy tarantula sorta looks like a mouse makes ya wanna pet it

but ones like these:

i hate spiders..when i was a kid i used to scream for my dad to come up and kill any in my room...even now i cannot sleep if there is a spider in the room. >>shiver<<
we get those big hairy spidies here...ack..my cat was in the bathroom one night when i was on the couch..she came running in and dropped something on the rug..i was like, oh whats that??? like she might have stalked a Q-tip or something..noooooooooooo it was the BIGGEST hairiest spider i ever saw..it was still quivering..i got my slipper and smashed that sucker flat.
what are spiders good for anyhow? i mean, do they have an actual purpose in life besides scaring us to death???

Spider rules!!!!!!!!!

but do they have to be so many?

I'm scared to death of anything that has more than 4 legs.

Okay, maybe not to death, but I'm still majorly grossed/freaked out by creepy crawlies.

Spiders eats insects. :| Good for something, at least.

Ye maybee we should raise some home spiders

get the little ones few dead bugs and then when they grow up

they do the same for us

Camel spiders pictures aside (they are actually only about 1.5" long, iirc), bird eating spiders are the largest ones in the world. Spread the legs out, and we're talking about a 3' diameter!

Keep... it... away!!!

So cute :D:D:D

he ate my brain!!!

My husband saw pictures of the spiders that they have in Iraq, that were sent by a son one of the guys he works with. Bodies the size of large yams and legs 3 inches in diameter and a foot long. Just freaks me out just to hear about it let alone see it. And I didn't see the pictures.

Grandmother Spider Steals the Fire


A story of the Choctaw People of Tennessee and Mississippi
The Choctaw People say that when the People first came up out of the ground, People were encased in cocoons, their eyes closed, their limbs folded tightly to their bodies. And this was true of all People, the Bird People, the Animal People, the Insect People, and the Human People. The Great Spirit took pity on them and sent down someone to unfold their limbs, dry them off, and open their eyes. But the opened eyes saw nothing, because the world was dark, no sun, no moon, not even any stars. All the People moved around by touch, and if they found something that didn't eat them first, they ate it raw, for they had no fire to cook it.

All the People met in a great powwow, with the Animal and Bird People taking the lead, and the Human People hanging back. The Animal and Bird People decided that lief was not good, but cold and miserable. A solution must be found! Someone spoke from the dark, "I have heard that the people in the East have fire." This caused a stir of wonder, "What could fire be?" There was a general discussion, and it was decided that if, as rumor had it, fire was warm and gave light, they should have it too. Another voice said, "But the people of the East are too greedy to share with us," So it was decided that the Bird and Animal People should steal what they needed, the fire!

But, who should have the honor? Grandmother Spider volunteered, "I can do it! Let me try!" But at the same time, Opossum began to speak. "I, Opossum, am a great chief of the animals. I will go to the East and since I am a great hunter, I will take the fire and hide it in the bushy hair on my tail." It was well know that Opossum had the furriest tail of all the animals, so he was selected.

When Opossum came to the East, he soon found the beautiful, red fire, jealously guarded by the people of the East. But Opossum got closer and closer until he picked up a small piece of burning wood, and stuck it in the hair of his tail, which promptly began to smoke, then flame. The people of the East said, "Look, that Opossum has stolen our fire!" They took it and put it back where it came from and drove Opossum away. Poor Opossum! Every bit of hair had burned from his tail, and to this day, opossums have no hair at all on their tails.

Once again, the powwow had to find a volunteer chief. Grandmother Spider again said, "Let em go! I can do it!" But this time a bird was elected, Buzzard. Buzzard was very proud. "I can succeed where Opossum has failed. I will fly to the East on my great wings, then hide the stolen fire in the beautiful long feathers on my head." The birds and animals still did not understand the nature of fire. So Buzzard flew to the East on his powerful wings, swooped past those defending the fire, picked up a small piece of burning ember, and hid it in his head feathers. Buzzard's head began to smoke and flame even faster! The people of the East said, "Look! Buzzard has stolen the fire!" And they took it and put it back where it came from.

Poor Buzzard! His head was now bare of feathers, red and blistered looking. And to this day, buzzards have naked heads that are bright red and blistered.

The powwow now sent Crow to look the situation over, for Crow was very clever. Crow at that time was pure white, and had the sweetest singing voice of all the birds. But he took so long standing over the fire, trying to find the perfect piece to steal that his white feathers were smoked black. And he breathed so much smoke that when he tried to sing, out came a harsh, "Caw! Caw!"

The Council said, "Opossum has failed. Buzzard and Crow have failed. Who shall we send?"

Tiny Grandmother Spider shouted with all her might, "LET ME TRY IT PLEASE!" Though the council members thought Grandmother Spider had little chance of success, it was agreed that she should have her turn. Grandmother Spider looked then like she looks now, she had a small torso suspended by two sets of legs that turned the other way. She walked on all of her wonderful legs toward a stream where she had found clay. With those legs, she made a tiny clay container and a lid that fit perfectly with a tiny notch for air n the corner of the lid. Then she put the container on her back, spun a web all the way to the East, and walked tiptoe until she came to the fire. She was so small, the people from the East took no notice. She took a tiny piece of fire, put it in the container, and covered it with the lid. Then she walked back on tiptoe along the web until she came to the People. Since they couldn't see any fire, they said, "Grandmother Spider has failed."

"Oh no," she said, "I have the fire!" She lifted the pot from her back, and the lid from the pot, and the fire flamed up into its friend, the air. All the Birds and Animal People began to decide who would get this wonderful warmth. Bear said, "I'll take it!" but then he burned his paws on it and decided fire was not for animals, for look what happened to Opossum!

The Birds wanted no part of it, as Buzzard and Crow were still nursing their wounds. The insects thought it was pretty, but they, too, stayed far away from the fire.

Then a small voice said, "We will take it, if Grandmother Spider will help." The timid humans, whom none of the animals or birds thought much of, were volunteering!

So Grandmother Spider taught the Human People how to feed the fire sticks and wood to keep it from dying, how to keep the fire safe in a circle of stone so it couldn't escape and hurt them or their homes. While she was at it, she taught the humans about pottery made of clay and fire, and about weaving and spinning, at which Grandmother Spider was an expert.

The Choctaw remember. They made a beautiful design to decorate their homes, a picture of Grandmother Spider, two sets of legs up, two down, with a fire symbol on her back. This is so their children never forget to honor Grandmother Spider, Firebringer!

very well written Bii and very true. Learned that long ago, only from the Ojibwas. When I was a kid in Wisconsin, I always kept these little yellow spiders with red stripes. And my baby brother kept flushing them. Had a giant spider in Arkansas named Herman. But since I moved to NC, I have been really afraid of spiders. See a Black Widow almost everyday, and no matter how many sweeps we do on bedrooms at night, one of us 11 wakes up with a spider bite. And these are house spiders, until this spring didn't even know they bite.
Gal, take better care of your Sis.
Hugs,
Kim

they bite and do nothing?
i thought hospital and stuff...

and btw the story soo long.. lol but nice