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Can Spiders Swim

  • 01-10-2011 9:35pm
    #1
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭


    Can spiders swim?
    What happens when you wash them down the plug hole? Have washed a few HUGE ones over the past few days, or is it just the same one being washed over and over)


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    They can climb back up. It is after your children.


  • #3
    Matthew23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 250 ✭✭Matthew23


    i used to put spiders in jars of water wen i was a kid to kill them but they usualy kept alive with a big air bubble they rapped around themselves somehow so I had to start putting them in paint instead.


  • #4
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    Ruu wrote: »
    They can climb back up. It is after your children.

    Well, I wish them luck with finding my children, I don't have any... any more!


  • #5
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,342 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    sometimes


  • #6
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    Matthew23 wrote: »
    i used to put spiders in jars of water wen i was a kid to kill them but they usualy kept alive with a big air bubble they rapped around themselves somehow so I had to start putting them in paint instead.

    Interesting... and how did that make you feel??


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  • #7
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    They grow down there, plotting your demise.


  • #8
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    they can swim but cant climb the toilet bowel after they get wet

    ha haaaaaaaa!! :)


  • #9
    AhSureTisGrand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭AhSureTisGrand


    Neadine wrote: »
    Well, I wish them luck with finding my children, I don't have any... any more!

    Spiders got them I see


  • #10
    Matthew23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 250 ✭✭Matthew23


    Neadine wrote: »
    Interesting... and how did that make you feel??

    dont know, just had a **** and left


  • #11
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    biko wrote: »
    They grow down there, plotting your demise.

    The do appear to be getting bigger


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  • #12
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    Hang on til I fill the bath.I will be back in a minute....ok yeah he is still swimming although to be honest I think he is relying on the armbands a bit.


  • #13
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    Saila wrote: »
    they can swim but cant climb the toilet bowel after they get wet

    ha haaaaaaaa!! :)

    Sounds like you have done some research?!


  • #14
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,261 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Don't fck with a Spider.

    They remember.

    They always remember.

    They come back.


  • #15
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    Matthew23 wrote: »
    dont know, just had a **** and left

    Ooook... well... thanks for sharing.


  • #16
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    herosa wrote: »
    Hang on til I fill the bath.I will be back in a minute....ok yeah he is still swimming although to be honest I think he is relying on the armbands a bit.

    Keep me posted on developments


  • #17
    Matthew23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 250 ✭✭Matthew23


    Neadine wrote: »
    Ooook... well... thanks for sharing.

    well you asked. and they cant swim because they breathe through their exoskeleton by means of spiracles which are like a masses of pores all over their body. spidey goes in water, spidey cant breath, spidey dies.


  • #18
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    Neadine wrote: »
    Keep me posted on developments


    Im trying to give him some confidence. Let go of the side of the bath..you can do it..no you wont drown I promise..just kick your legs...thats it!! brave little spider!


  • #19
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,342 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    Where'd he get 8 armbands?


  • #20
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    Matthew23 wrote: »
    i used to put spiders in jars of water wen i was a kid to kill them but they usualy kept alive with a big air bubble they rapped around themselves somehow so I had to start putting them in paint instead.

    Have you went on to murder some people.


  • #21
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    Neadine wrote: »
    Sounds like you have done some research?!

    not research just noticed it





    and laughed, not a fan of spiders at all


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  • #22
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    P4DDY2K11 wrote: »
    Where'd he get 8 armbands?


    Boots in a 3 for the price of 2 offer. I had to buy 3 packs which means I have one spare armband for sale.First person to make me a reasonable offer gets it.


  • #23
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    They drown.


  • #24
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Not in boiling hot water...apparently...


  • #25
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    herosa wrote: »
    Boots in a 3 for the price of 2 offer. I had to buy 3 packs which means I have one spare armband for sale.First person to make me a reasonable offer gets it.

    I'll give you six spiders for it


  • #26
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    Gracelyn Famous Smallness wrote: »
    I'll give you six spiders for it


    Throw in a mouse and its yours.(I want to test that getting high on mouse droppings theory)


  • #27
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    herosa wrote: »
    Throw in a mouse and its yours.(I want to test that getting high on mouse droppings theory)

    And what theory would that be?


  • #28
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    Neadine wrote: »
    And what theory would that be?


    This one.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056407369


  • #29
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    herosa wrote: »
    Throw in a mouse and its yours.(I want to test that getting high on mouse droppings theory)

    Actually I meant I'd give you some mouse poop for it?

    Neadine wrote: »
    And what theory would that be?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056407369

    Quite the small animal themed After Hours tonight


  • #30
    voz es
    Closed Accounts Posts: 572 ✭✭✭voz es


    With Majic Mushies they can ya!


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  • #31
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    No. Its the mouse,the whole mouse and nothing but the mouse or the deals off Im afraid.

    Next offer? No time wasters please.Im trying to run a swimming class here.


  • #32
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    herosa wrote: »
    No. Its the mouse,the whole mouse and nothing but the mouse or the deals off Im afraid.

    Next offer? No time wasters please.Im trying to run a swimming class here.

    And how is that class progressing?


  • #33
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    They curl up in this little waterproof ball! and then crawl back up the toilet, I know Ive seen it many times :(


  • #34
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    Aw nooooo he has drowned..and I only turned my back on him for a minute.I know,I know its my own fault.I ignored all the warnings about never leaving little spiders unattended. My God..how am I going to live with the guilt?


  • #35
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    herosa wrote: »
    Aw nooooo he has drowned..and I only turned my back on him for a minute.I know,I know its my own fault.I ignored all the warnings about never leaving little spiders unattended. My God..how am I going to live with the guilt?

    Oh dear, surely that warrants an investigation of some sort?


  • #36
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    No.Dont report me to social workers.They will take all my other spiders off me. Im usually a good and responsible spider owner. I promise!


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  • #37
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    herosa wrote: »
    No.Dont report me to social workers.They will take all my other spiders off me. Im usually a good and responsible spider owner. I promise!

    And how many 'incidents' have there been with other spiders in your care?


  • #38
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    Neadine wrote: »
    Can spiders swim?
    What happens when you wash them down the plug hole? Have washed a few HUGE ones over the past few days, or is it just the same one being washed over and over)

    they have sat nav like turtles and can make their way into various body orifices as you sleep also.


  • #39
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    Um..well there was this one time I spent a bit too long on the phone to my friend and when I went up to the bathroom the spider had this strange blue colour around his lips..but look it was nothing a bit of cpr didnt sort out and hes fine today. Thats it ...except for..no thats it!


  • #40
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    x in the city wrote: »
    they have sat nav like turtles and can make their way into various body orifices as you sleep also.


    Turtles have satnav.?What like Garmin? Do they have to download map updates and things?


  • #41
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    herosa wrote: »
    Turtles have satnav.?What like Garmin? Do they have to download map updates and things?

    Turtle strike me as being TomTom people


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  • #42
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    Tom Tom the turtle. If I ever get a turtle I will name him that in your honour.


  • #43
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    herosa wrote: »
    Tom Tom the turtle. If I ever get a turtle I will name him that in your honour.

    Awww, shux, that is sooo sweet.

    Is getting a Turtle on your 'to-do list'?


  • #44
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    x in the city wrote: »
    they have sat nav like turtles and can make their way into various body orifices as you sleep also.

    I'm pretty sure I have swallowed a few spiders in my sleep.


  • #45
    Soby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,977 ✭✭✭Soby


    Say their a bit like moths.They need a ladder.Hmm maybe someone could invent a spider version of mosses ladder :P


  • #46
    herosa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭herosa


    Is that on my to do list?

    Well my support group told me to start with a plant and if I can keep that alive then Im ready to move on to a turtle.Then and ONLY then can I consider a real relationship.


  • #47
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    Soby wrote: »
    Say their a bit like moths.They need a ladder.Hmm maybe someone could invent a spider version of mosses ladder :P

    What do moths need a ladder for??


  • #48
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    herosa wrote: »
    Is that on my to do list?

    Well my support group told me to start with a plant and if I can keep that alive then Im ready to move on to a turtle.Then and ONLY then can I consider a real relationship.

    So brave


  • #49
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    herosa wrote: »
    Turtles have satnav.?What like Garmin? Do they have to download map updates and things?

    google ..


  • #50
    The Gnome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭The Gnome


    Can spiders swim?

    Yes, they can. They can also dive, watch some sexy ladies explain! :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_zvA8Ak7hY


  • #51
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    Neadine wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure I have swallowed a few spiders in my sleep.

    everyone has, no biggie.;)


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