Monty by Jim Meddick for May 25, 2013
May 24, 2013
May 26, 2013
Transcript:
Look here Jarvis! How splendid! Indeed, sir. A most curious plastic tunnel!... And what mysteries shall I encounter as I plumb the depths of?! Aaaaah! Jarvis, remind me in the future, if I find myself in a plastic tube and encounter a daddy long legs, to simply note it's a phylum and suborder in a controversial tone and move on...
tattooedcyberidiot almost 11 years ago
If it was a funnel-web spider, he’d have been in trouble
Varnes almost 11 years ago
Oh, that poor spider, imagine his angst,,,,
Lektio almost 11 years ago
Now, was it a harvestman or a cellar spider? Both are called “Daddy long legs”, but only one of them is actually a spider.(My house is riddled with cellar spiders. Apparently, they eat all the other spiders.)
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
Did chubby Young Master actually somehow manage to bypass the arachnid (whichever variety it actually was) without harm to himself or to it? Bravo!
SharkNose almost 11 years ago
LOL! Sedgewick’s great! Imagine what that yell did to the spider!
djmalloy almost 11 years ago
Phylum: ArthropodaSuborder: Araneomorphae
vldazzle almost 11 years ago
I have crawled through so many nasty ceiling spaces and dark attics in my past work (with just a flashlight). Encounters with plenty of creatures that I’d rather not think of. (and then there were all the conversations that I overheard through those suspended ceilings). How can folks not know when there is someone crawling above them?
hometownk Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I have funnel web spiders and they are harmless. I believe it is the Australian ones that are poisonous , fatally so. I could be wrong. Then I also think they funnel web spiders around Keremeos (in BC) are the poisonous ones. It has been z long time since I had to do the research on this. Why? Because I found the webs in my garden and needed to know.
hometownk Premium Member almost 11 years ago
The venom of a daddy long legs is fatal but their fangs are too short to puncture our skin.
hometownk Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I’m glad it’s morning because I’m an arachnophobe. I have a yard sale to take my attention.
rgcviper almost 3 years ago
Ah, yes—this reminded me of the old acronym to help remember classifications of animals …
Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools.
(Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.)
It’s a miracle I remember this from so long ago.