New Tarantula Documentary

[Moltar]

I bet those pampho "chicken spiders" have been observed taking baby chicks (should be no challenge to a 8+" T) and the stories just blossomed from there.

I liked seeing both Rick trying not to roll his eyes at the giant tarantula talk. You could kind of tell he thought it was poppycock but hey, who's gonna turn down a trip to venezuela to hunt t's just because you don't believe in what they're looking for? Nobody, that's who.

Great show. It was very interesting and informative in terms of ways to hunt bugs. I think the monster quest stuff is a bit sensationalist and unscientific but it was still entertaining and brought a nice bit of focus to arachnology. It was also cool to see that rediculous Iraqi Camel Spider photo publicly debunked.

Oh... and I am in love with Kristie Reddick. Big time.

 

[arrowhd]

Interesting show. Kind of fun imagining they might find a 4 foot tarantula out in the jungle. However, it would also have been nice to see more footage of the 100's of T's that we know do exist.

 

[Quickone4u]

When they found the empty burrow but there was a molt in it, I wished they would have shown it since they were saying how large it was.

We were thinking the same thing! I wanted to see just how large it was. Overall it was nice to see some of the Ts and techniques for hunting them. I would love the chace to take a trip like that. Didn't really care for how they hyped up the whole giant 4-5 spider thing the way they did. Not saying it isn't possible because I think it would be awesome but just the way the played it up, I didn't care for. Other then that, my girlfriend and I enjoyed the Show. Great work you guys:worship:

 

[Richard McJimsey]

Nice job Rick and Danny!Rick how did it feel to have to eat a tarantula again? haha!
My fav part of the whole documentary tho had to be those smoking hot girls looking for solfugids in Texas.I think im in love
-Chris

That was my favourite part, too!

 

[dunawayj]

Yeah the blonde in the red tank was a pleasant suprise. No offense Rick.

 

[seanbond]

dissapointing

 

[Shagrath666]

I'll go huntin for camel spiders any day if those girls help me but i wouldnt mind going hunting for big Ts in SA either. I was bummed by the editing though, they just tried to make everything so scary and sound like it will eat your babies. where is all this baby eating happening. show me a picture of a tatantula eating a baby and i will possibly believe you.

 

[Brian S]

Rick and Danny did well. The show wasnt as cheesy as I expected it to be but of course they didnt get into it real deep.
I would take what that shaman in Venz claims to have seen with a grain of salt tho. I bet he has been on a visit to the spirit world and has not come back LOL
The guy in Congo who supposedly saw that huge spider cross the road was either windy or was on better drugs than I was when I was younger LOL
I love the State of Texas and I know everything is a little bigger there but if a giant Solfugid exists there I am sure it would have been very well documented by now.

Just my 2 cents

EDIT: Oh yeah, I remember them saying that Ts flick urticating hairs at their prey.......I have lots of big itchy spider and never seen that happen.

 

[dantediss]

please correct me if im wrong, but i recall hearing once that because ts have an exoskeleton there actually is a max size for them to be due to the fact that at a certain size the exoskeleton would just collapse and crush them or something to that extent

 

[wsimms]

You are not wrong, thus accounting for the absence of giant terrestrial arachnids in the fossil record. Note that the "giant scorpion" they referenced in last night's show was aquatic.

 

[dantediss]

i still for one dont undertand the criteria for largest t though i mean 10and a half inch legspan is huge and large but iv seen yes my eyes not stories haha 12 inch legspan pokies now mind you its all legs but do they go by weight and size or jurt one or the other ? im confused hahaha

 

[UrbanJungles]

Thanks to everyone here on Arachnoboards for being so supportive...you guys rock!

:clap:

 

[Oasis Inverts]

No Danny you rock....:clap:

 

[dantediss]

thank you mr urbanjungle if it wasnt for people like you spiders and ts would be nothing but a fear inducing enigma its nice to see people attempt to educate the masses now we just need a tarantula and spider kids book thats educational interesting and informative

 

[Shagrath666]

You are not wrong, thus accounting for the absence of giant terrestrial arachnids in the fossil record. Note that the "giant scorpion" they referenced in last night's show was aquatic.

there are fossil records of a terrestrial scorpion that got up to around 4', but the theory that the show proposed about 60% more oxygen creates larger animals makes the most sense to me. Obviously things get bigger in the sea, but there were some huge land arachnids.

 

[dantediss]

that would be a ray harryhausen nightmare come true haha i remember having nightmares from the massive scorpion scene from clash of the titans when i was like 5 hahaha